ṯwn

See also: twn, TWN, and .twn

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuːn/
  • Conventional anglicization: tjun

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to gore with the horns
2. (transitive) to stick or thrust (something) (+ m: into)

Inflection

Conjugation of ṯwn (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ṯwn, geminated stem: ṯwnn

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ṯwn ṯwnw, ṯwn ṯwnt ṯwn ṯwn ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ṯwn ḥr ṯwn m ṯwn r ṯwn suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect ṯwn.n ṯwnw, ṯwn consecutive ṯwn.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative ṯwnt perfective3 ṯwn active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 ṯwn.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective ṯwn active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 ṯwn ṯwnn potentialis1 ṯwn.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive ṯwn active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect ṯwn.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective ṯwn active + .tj1, .tw2 ṯwn ṯwn, ṯwnw5, ṯwny5 imperfective ṯwn, ṯwny, ṯwnw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 ṯwn, ṯwnj6, ṯwny6 ṯwn, ṯwnw5 prospective ṯwn, ṯwntj7 — ṯwntj4, ṯwnt4 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 ṯwn  

ṯwn	twn	twn

Derived terms

• mṯwn

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 359.11–359.12
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 304