gnn

See also: GNN

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /kʼaˈnan/ → /kʼaˈnan/ → /kʼəˈnan/ → /kʼəˈnan/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /kʼaˈnan/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /kʼaˈnan/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /kʼəˈnan/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /kʼəˈnan/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɡɛnɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: genen

Verb

 2ae gem.

1. (intransitive) to be(come) soft

Inflection

Conjugation of gnn (second geminate / 2ae gem. / II. gem.) — base stem: gn, geminated stem: gnn

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural gnn8 gnn gnnt gnn, gn gnn, gn ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 gnn, gn ḥr gnn m gnn r gnn suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect gnn.n, gn.n consecutive gn.jn terminative gnnt perfective3 gn obligative1 gnn.ḫr imperfective gnn prospective3 gnn potentialis1 gn.kꜣ subjunctive gn verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect gn.n — — perfective gn gn gn, gnw5, gny5 imperfective gnn, gnny, gnnw5 gnn, gnnj6, gnny6 gnn, gnnw5 prospective gn, gntj7 gnntj4, gnnt4 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.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of gnn  

gnn

Derived terms

• sgnn

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.