wn

See also: WN, wn', and .wn

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Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: wen

Etymology 1

Verb

 2-lit.

1. (transitive) to open

Inflection

Conjugation of wn (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: wn, geminated stem: wnn

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
wn	wnw, wn	wnt	wn, j.wn	wn, j.wn

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
wn	ḥr wn	m wn	r wn

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	wn.n	wnw, wn	consecutive	wn.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	wnt
perfective3	wn	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative	wn.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	wn, j.wn1	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	wn	wnn	potentialis	wn.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	wn, j.wn1	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	wn.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	wn	active + .tj1, .tw2	wn	wnn, wnnj6, wn2, wnw2 5, wny2 5
imperfective	j.wn1, wn, wny, wnw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	j.wn1, j.wnw1 5, wn, wnj6, wny6	wn, wnw5
prospective	wn, wntj7	—	wntj4, wnt4
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. Archaic or greatly restricted in usage by Middle Egyptian. The perfect has mostly taken over the functions of the perfective, and the subjunctive and periphrastic prospective have mostly replaced the prospective. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wn  

wn

Descendants

• Demotic: wn
  • Coptic: ⲟⲩⲱⲛ (ouōn)

Etymology 2

Noun

 m

1. fault, blame

Inflection

Declension of wn (masculine)

singular	wn
dual	wnwj
plural	wnw

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (reconstructed Old Egyptian) IPA^(key): /wan/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: wen

Noun

 m

1. desert hare

References

• Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 169, 295, 298

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Spanish

Adjective

wn (feminine singular wna, masculine plural wnes, feminine plural wnas) (abbreviation)

1. (Chile, informal, Internet slang, text messaging) Contraction of huevón.