wn

See also: WN, wn', and .wn

Egyptian

2-lit.

Conjugation of wn (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: wn, geminated stem: wnn

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
wn	wnw, wn	wnt	wn, j.wn	wn, j.wn

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

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	wn.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	wn	active + .tj¹, .tw²	wn	wnn, wnnj⁶, wn², wnw^{2 5}, wny^{2 5}
imperfective	j.wn¹, wn, wny, wnw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	j.wn¹, j.wnw^{1 5}, wn, wnj⁶, wny⁶	wn, wnw⁵
prospective	wn, wntj⁷	—	wntj⁴, wnt⁴
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.

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wn

wn

m

Declension of wn (masculine)

m

Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 16

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 295, 298 page 169, 295, 298.

wn (feminine singular wna, masculine plural wnes, feminine plural wnas) (abbreviation)

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