Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /kʼaˈnan/ → /kʼaˈnan/ → /kʼəˈnan/ → /kʼəˈnan/
Verb
2ae gem.
- (intransitive) to be(come) soft
Inflection
Conjugation of gnn (second geminate / 2ae gem. / II. gem.) — base stem: gn, geminated stem: gnn
| infinitival forms
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imperative
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| infinitive
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negatival complement
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complementary infinitive1
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singular
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plural
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gnn8
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gnn
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gnnt
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gnn, gn
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gnn, gn
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| ‘pseudoverbal’ forms
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| stative stem
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periphrastic imperfective2
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periphrastic prospective2
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gnn, gn
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ḥr gnn
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m gnn
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r gnn
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| suffix conjugation
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| aspect / mood
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active
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contingent
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| aspect / mood
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active
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| perfect
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gnn.n, gn.n
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consecutive
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gn.jn
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| terminative
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gnnt
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| perfective3
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gn
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obligative1
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gnn.ḫr
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| imperfective
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gnn
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| prospective3
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gnn
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potentialis1
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gn.kꜣ
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| subjunctive
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gn
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| verbal adjectives
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| aspect / mood
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relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
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participles
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| active
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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gn.n
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—
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—
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| perfective
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gn
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gn
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gn, gnw5, gny5
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| imperfective
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gnn, gnny, gnnw5
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gnn, gnnj6, gnny6
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gnn, gnnw5
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| prospective
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gn, gntj7
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gnntj4, gnnt4
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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.
8 gn before suffix pronouns.
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of gnn
Derived terms
Descendants
- Fayyumic Coptic: ϭⲛⲁⲛ (cnan)
- Sahidic Coptic: ϭⲛⲟⲛ (cnon)
- Bohairic Coptic: ϭⲛⲟⲛ (cnon)
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 207, 249.