snsn

Egyptian

Etymology

Reduplication of sn (“to kiss, to smell”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈsansan/ → /ˈsansan/ → /ˈsansən/

Verb


 4-lit.

  1. (transitive) to fraternize with
    • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 13:





      wrrt.f dm.n.s ḥrt snsn.n.s sbꜣw
      His White Crown, it has pierced the sky, it has fraternized with the stars.

Inflection
Conjugation of snsn (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: snsn
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
snsn
 snsnw, snsn
 snsnt
 snsn
 snsn
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
snsn
 ḥr snsn
 m snsn
 r snsn
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect snsn.n
 snsnw, snsn
 consecutive snsn.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative snsnt
perfective3 snsn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative snsn.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective snsn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 snsnw, snsn
 snsnw, snsn
 potentialis snsn.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive snsn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect snsn.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective snsn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 snsn
 snsn, snsnw5, snsny5
imperfective snsn, snsny, snsnw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 snsn, snsnj6, snsny6
 snsn, snsnw5
prospective snsn, snsntj7
 — snsnwtj1 4, snsntj4, snsnt4
  1. Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
  2. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
  3. 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.
  4. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, plural .sn.
  5. Only in the masculine singular.
  6. Only in the masculine.
  7. Only in the feminine.

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 156.
  1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 53
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