snsn

Egyptian

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

4-lit.

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

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
aspect / mood	active	active	passive
perfect	snsn.n	—	—
perfective	snsn	snsn	snsn, snsnw⁵, snsny⁵
imperfective	snsn, snsny, snsnw⁵	snsn, snsnj⁶, snsny⁶	snsn, snsnw⁵
prospective	snsn, snsntj⁷	snsnwtj^{1 4}, snsntj⁴, snsnt⁴
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.

Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 156

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

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