šnꜥ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb

 3-lit.

  1. (transitive) to drive off, to repulse, to repel (people, animals, bad weather, etc.)
  2. (transitive) to hold (someone) off, to keep (someone) away (+ ḥr: from (a person); + r: from (a place))
  3. (transitive) to expel, to banish (someone)
  4. (transitive) to hamper (someone’s steps) [Late Period, Greco-Roman Period]
  5. (transitive) to block (a door, a path)
  6. (transitive) to police (a district)
  7. (intransitive, of fish) to dart about

Inflection

Conjugation of šnꜥ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: šnꜥ, geminated stem: šnꜥꜥ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
šnꜥ
 šnꜥw, šnꜥ
 šnꜥt
 šnꜥ
 šnꜥ
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
šnꜥ
 ḥr šnꜥ
 m šnꜥ
 r šnꜥ
suffix conjugation
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
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

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, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. 5 Only in the masculine singular.
6 Only in the masculine.
7 Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šnꜥ  
šnꜥ

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Coptic: ϣⲱⲱⲛⲉ (šōōne), ϣⲟⲟⲛ⸗ (šoon⸗)

References

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