šnꜥ
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ʃɛnɑː/
- Conventional anglicization: shena
Verb
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3-lit.
- (transitive) to drive off, to repulse, to repel (people, animals, bad weather, etc.)
- (transitive) to hold (someone) off, to keep (someone) away (+ ḥr: from (a person); + r: from (a place))
- (transitive) to expel, to banish (someone)
- (transitive) to hamper (someone’s steps) [Late Period, Greco-Roman Period]
- (transitive) to block (a door, a path)
- (transitive) to police (a district)
- (intransitive, of fish) to dart about
Inflection
Conjugation of šnꜥ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: šnꜥ, geminated stem: šnꜥꜥ
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
šnꜥ | šnꜥw, šnꜥ | šnꜥt | šnꜥ | šnꜥ |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
šnꜥ | ḥr šnꜥ | m šnꜥ | r šnꜥ |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | šnꜥ.n | šnꜥw, šnꜥ | consecutive | šnꜥ.jn | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | šnꜥt | ||||
perfective3 | šnꜥ | active + .tj1, .tw2 | obligative1 | šnꜥ.ḫr | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | šnꜥ | active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | šnꜥ | šnꜥꜥ | potentialis1 | šnꜥ.kꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | šnꜥ | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | šnꜥ.n | active + .tj1, .tw2 | — | — |
perfective | šnꜥ | active + .tj1, .tw2 | šnꜥ | šnꜥ, šnꜥw5, šnꜥy5 |
imperfective | šnꜥ, šnꜥy, šnꜥw5 | active + .tj1, .tw2 | šnꜥ, šnꜥj6, šnꜥy6 | šnꜥ, šnꜥw5 |
prospective | šnꜥ, šnꜥtj7 | — | šnꜥtj4, šnꜥt4 | |
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Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šnꜥ
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šnꜥ |
Descendants
- Coptic: ϣⲱⲱⲛⲉ (šōōne), ϣⲟⲟⲛ⸗ (šoon⸗)
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 504.5–505.13
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 269