fn

See also: Fn, FN, fN, fn., f'n, and f.n.

English

Noun

fn (plural fns)

1. Abbreviation of footnote.
2. Abbreviation of function.
3. (informal, Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of Fortnite.

Anagrams

• N. F., NF

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /fɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: fen

Verb

 2-lit.

1. (intransitive) to be(come) miserable or weak

Inflection

Conjugation of fn (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: fn, geminated stem: fnn

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural fn fnw, fn fnt fn, j.fn fn, j.fn ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 fn ḥr fn m fn r fn suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect fn.n consecutive fn.jn terminative fnt perfective3 fn obligative1 fn.ḫr imperfective fn, j.fn1 prospective3 fn potentialis1 fn.kꜣ subjunctive fn, j.fn1 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect fn.n — — perfective fn fn fnn, fnnj6, fn2, fnw2 5, fny2 5 imperfective j.fn1, fn, fny, fnw5 j.fn1, j.fnw1 5, fn, fnj6, fny6 fn, fnw5 prospective fn, fntj7 fntj4, fnt4 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.

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 100.

Gothic

Romanization

fn

1. Romanization of 𐍆𐌽