mnmn
Egyptian
Etymology
Perhaps by metathesis from the earlier-attested nmnm (“to move about, to quiver”).
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /mɛnmɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: menmen
Verb
4-lit.
- (intransitive) to move
- (intransitive) to move back and forth, to quake, to wobble
- (transitive) to move
Inflection
Conjugation of mnmn (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: mnmn
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
mnmn | mnmnw, mnmn | mnmnt | mnmn | mnmn |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
mnmn | ḥr mnmn | m mnmn | r mnmn |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | mnmn.n | mnmnw, mnmn | consecutive | mnmn.jn | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | mnmnt | ||||
perfective3 | mnmn | active + .tj1, .tw2 | obligative1 | mnmn.ḫr | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | mnmn | active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | mnmnw, mnmn | mnmnw, mnmn | potentialis1 | mnmn.kꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | mnmn | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | mnmn.n | active + .tj1, .tw2 | — | — |
perfective | mnmn | active + .tj1, .tw2 | mnmn | mnmn, mnmnw5, mnmny5 |
imperfective | mnmn, mnmny, mnmnw5 | active + .tj1, .tw2 | mnmn, mnmnj6, mnmny6 | mnmn, mnmnw5 |
prospective | mnmn, mnmntj7 | — | mnmnwtj1 4, mnmntj4, mnmnt4 | |
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Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mnmn
mnmn | ||||
[since the New Kingdom] |
Descendants
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲙⲟⲛⲙⲉⲛ (monmen)
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 80–81.15
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 109