šnꜥ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ʃɛnɑː/
  • Conventional anglicization: shena

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

• šnꜥw

Descendants

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

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 504.5–505.13
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 269