dwn
Egyptian
Etymology
From Proto-Afro-Asiatic *ṭVwl- (“long, far”); compare Arabic طَوِيل (ṭawīl, “tall, long”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈtʼaːwan/ → /ˈtʼaːwan/ → /ˈtʼoːwən/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /duːn/
- Conventional anglicization: dun
Verb
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3-lit.
- (transitive) to stretch out
- (intransitive) to be(come) stretched out
Inflection
Conjugation of dwn (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: dwn, geminated stem: dwnn
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
dwn | dwnw, dwn | dwnt | dwn | dwn |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
dwn | ḥr dwn | m dwn | r dwn |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | dwn.n | dwnw, dwn | consecutive | dwn.jn | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | dwnt | ||||
perfective3 | dwn | active + .tj1, .tw2 | obligative | dwn.ḫr | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | dwn | active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | dwn | dwnn | potentialis | dwn.kꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | dwn | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | dwn.n | active + .tj1, .tw2 | — | — |
perfective | dwn | active + .tj1, .tw2 | dwn | dwn, dwnw5, dwny5 |
imperfective | dwn, dwny, dwnw5 | active + .tj1, .tw2 | dwn, dwnj6, dwny6 | dwn, dwnw5 |
prospective | dwn, dwntj7 | — | dwntj4, dwnt4 | |
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References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 431.1–432.13
- Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 32