tnj

tnj

See also: ṯnj, .tnj, and .ṯnj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /tɛni/
  • Conventional anglicization: teni

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to be(come) old

Inflection

Conjugation of tnj (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: tnj

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
tnj	tnjw, tnj	tnjt	tnj	tnj

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	tnj.n	consecutive	tnj.jn
terminative	tnjt
perfective3	tnj	obligative	tnj.ḫr
imperfective	tnj
prospective3	tnj	potentialis	tnj.kꜣ
subjunctive	tnj

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	tnj.n	—	—
perfective	tnj	tnj	tnj, tnjw5, tnjy5
imperfective	tnj, tnjy, tnjw5	tnj, tnjj6, tnjy6	tnj, tnjw5
prospective	tnj, tnjtj7	tnjtj4, tnjt4
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.

Synonyms

• jꜣwj

Pronoun

 du 2. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun

1. Variant spelling of ṯnj (“you two”)

Adverb

 interrogative

1. Variant spelling of ṯnj (“where?”)

References

• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 104