tkn
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /tɛkɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: teken
Verb
3-lit.
- (transitive) to approach
Inflection
Conjugation of tkn (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: tkn, geminated stem: tknn
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
tkn | tknw, tkn | tknt | tkn | tkn |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
tkn | ḥr tkn | m tkn | r tkn |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | tkn.n | tknw, tkn | consecutive | tkn.jn | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | tknt | ||||
perfective3 | tkn | active + .tj1, .tw2 | obligative | tkn.ḫr | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | tkn | active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | tkn | tknn | potentialis | tkn.kꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | tkn | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | tkn.n | active + .tj1, .tw2 | — | — |
perfective | tkn | active + .tj1, .tw2 | tkn | tkn, tknw5, tkny5 |
imperfective | tkn, tkny, tknw5 | active + .tj1, .tw2 | tkn, tknj6, tkny6 | tkn, tknw5 |
prospective | tkn, tkntj7 | — | tkntj4, tknt4 | |
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References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 242.