smn

Egyptian

s- (causative prefix) +‎ mn (“to be established, to remain”).

caus. 2-lit.

Conjugation of smn (causative biliteral / caus. 2-lit. / caus. 2rad.) — base stem: smn

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
smnt, smn	smnw, smn	smnt	smn	smn

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

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	smn.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	smn	active + .tj¹, .tw²	smn	smn, smnw⁵, smny⁵
imperfective	smn, smny, smnw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	smn, smnj⁶, smny⁶	smn, smnw⁵
prospective	smn, smntj⁷	—	smnwtj^{1 4}, smntj⁴, smnt⁴
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.

m

Declension of smn (masculine)

Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 157, 210

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

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