bns

See also: bnš and BNS

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /bɛnɛs/
  • Conventional anglicization: benes

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to pierce, to gore

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural bns bnsw, bns bnst bns bns ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 bns ḥr bns m bns r bns suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect bns.n bnsw, bns consecutive bns.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative bnst perfective3 bns active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 bns.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective bns active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 bns bnss potentialis1 bns.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive bns active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect bns.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective bns active + .tj1, .tw2 bns bns, bnsw5, bnsy5 imperfective bns, bnsy, bnsw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 bns, bnsj6, bnsy6 bns, bnsw5 prospective bns, bnstj7 — bnstj4, bnst4 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.

Related terms

• bsnt

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 464

Spanish

Adjective

bns m pl or f pl

1. plural of bn