šn

šn

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈʃuːnVj/ → /ˈʃuːnVj/ → /ˈʃeːnə/[1]

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʃuːnVj/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʃuːnVj/

where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʃeːnə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ʃɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: shen

Noun

 m

1. tree

Inflection

Declension of šn (masculine)

singular	šn
dual	šnwj
plural	šnw

Descendants

• Coptic: ϣⲏⲛ (šēn)

References

1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 38