mn

See also: .mn, MN, Mn, mN, m'n, and m.n.

Translingual

Symbol

mn

(international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Mongolian.

English

Numeral

mn

Abbreviation of million.

Alternative forms

mn.
mln. / mln

Coordinate terms

bn (billion)
tn (trillion)

Verb

mn

(Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of mean.
- 2008 January–February, Chris Rodell, “Small talk, big results”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, ISSN 1054-4836, page 80:
  Sure, we may use cellphones and e-mail hundreds of times a week, but we say very little. […] Most of our talk, even in privileged IM circles, is no deeper than the words we exchange with the pizza guy. […] U C wt I mn?

Adverb

mn (not comparable)

(Philippines) Alternative form of MN (“midnight”).

Anagrams

N.M., NM, Nm, n/m, nm

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /maːn/ → /maːn/ → /moːn/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: men

Verb

2-lit.

(intransitive) to be(come) established, to be(come) fixed or set
- c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 22–23:
  
  šfyt ḥtp.n.s st.s fꜣw mn(.w) r hpw.f
  Dignity, it has taken its seat, and magnificence is established according to his laws.
(intransitive) to stick, to remain, to endure

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
mn	mnw, mn	mnt	mn, j.mn	mn, j.mn

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
aspect / mood	active	aspect / mood	active
perfect	mn.n	consecutive	mn.jn
terminative	mnt	consecutive	mn.jn
perfective³	mn	obligative¹	mn.ḫr
imperfective	mn, j.mn¹	obligative¹	mn.ḫr
prospective³	mn	potentialis¹	mn.kꜣ
subjunctive	mn, j.mn¹	potentialis¹	mn.kꜣ

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
aspect / mood	active	active	passive
perfect	mn.n	—	—
perfective	mn	mn	mnn, mnnj⁶, mn², mnw^{2 5}, mny^{2 5}
imperfective	j.mn¹, mn, mny, mnw⁵	j.mn¹, j.mnw^{1 5}, mn, mnj⁶, mny⁶	mn, mnw⁵
prospective	mn, mntj⁷	mntj⁴, mnt⁴
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, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mn

mn

Derived terms

mn-nfr
mn-ḫpr-rꜥ
smn

Descendants

Sahidic Coptic: ⲙⲟⲩⲛ (moun)

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: men

Noun

m

substitute for an unknown male name; so-and-so, N.N. [since the Pyramid Texts]

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mn

mn

[Old Kingdom]

Derived terms

mnt
mn n

Descendants

Coptic: ⲙⲁⲛ (man)

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: men

Verb

2-lit.

(transitive) to suffer because of
(transitive) to feel pain in (a body part)
(reflexive) to suffer

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
mn	mnw, mn	mnt	mn, j.mn	mn, j.mn

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
aspect / mood	active	passive	aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	mn.n	mnw, mn	consecutive	mn.jn	active + .tj¹, .tw²
perfect	mn.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²
terminative	mnt
perfective³	mn	active + .tj¹, .tw²	obligative¹	mn.ḫr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
imperfective	mn, j.mn¹	active + .tj¹, .tw²	obligative¹	mn.ḫr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
prospective³	mn	mnn	potentialis¹	mn.kꜣ	active + .tj¹, .tw²
prospective³	mn	active + .tj¹, .tw²
subjunctive	mn, j.mn¹	active + .tj¹, .tw²

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	mn.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	mn	active + .tj¹, .tw²	mn	mnn, mnnj⁶, mn², mnw^{2 5}, mny^{2 5}
imperfective	j.mn¹, mn, mny, mnw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	j.mn¹, j.mnw^{1 5}, mn, mnj⁶, mny⁶	mn, mnw⁵
prospective	mn, mntj⁷	—	mntj⁴, mnt⁴
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, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Derived terms

mnt

References

Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 60.6–62.26, 64.13–65.2, 66.18–67.4
Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 106–107
James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 216, 309 page 183, 216, 309.

Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 36, 53

[1] Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 36, 53