jtn

See also: JTN and Jtn

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈjaːtin/ → /ˈjaːtin/ → /ˈjaːtəj/ → /ˈjoːtəj/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈjaːtin/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈjaːtin/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈjaːtəj/, with sporadic sound change /n/ > /j/; compare the cuneiform transcription 𒅀𒀀𒋾 (ia-a-ti) in 𒈠𒅀𒀀𒋾 (ma-ia-a-ti, “Meritaten”)
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈjoːtəj/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /itɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: aten

Noun

 m

1. the disc of any celestial body, including the sun, the moon, the stars, and the planets
2. the Aten; the disc of the sun in particular, often as the manifestation of the solar god
   • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 19–20:

     šnwt n(j) jṯn ẖr sḫrw.f mḥ(y)t jtr(w) nwy ḫt n(j) ꜥnḫ rnp(w)t nbt

     What the sun disk encircles is under his directions, the north wind, the river, and water, grain and all fresh plants.

Inflection

Declension of jtn (masculine)

singular	jtn
dual	jtnwj
plural	jtnw

Derived terms

• ꜣḫ-n-jtn
• ꜣḫt-jtn
• jtnt
• mryt-jtn
• nfr-nfrw-jtn
• twt-ꜥnḫ-jtn

Descendants

• → English: Aten, Aton

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /itɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: iten

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to set oneself against, to oppose
   • c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Kagemni (pPrisse/pBN 183) lines 2.1–2.2:

     (j)m ꜥꜣ jb.k ḥr ḫpš m ḥr(j) jb ḏꜣmw.k zꜣw jtn.k

     Don’t grow arrogant (lit. don’t make your heart big) on account of (your) strength in the midst of your cohort, lest you be challenged.

2. (transitive) to contradict

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural jtn jtnw, jtn jtnt jtn jtn ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 jtn ḥr jtn m jtn r jtn suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect jtn.n jtnw, jtn consecutive jtn.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative jtnt perfective3 jtn active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 jtn.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective jtn active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 jtn jtnn potentialis1 jtn.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive jtn active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect jtn.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective jtn active + .tj1, .tw2 jtn jtn, jtnw5, jtny5 imperfective jtn, jtny, jtnw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 jtn, jtnj6, jtny6 jtn, jtnw5 prospective jtn, jtntj7 — jtntj4, jtnt4 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.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /itɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: iten

Determiner

 f sg proximal demonstrative determiner

1. (Old Egyptian) Alternative form of tn (“this, that”) [Pyramid Texts]

Inflection

Old Egyptian demonstratives

	determiners						pronouns1	adverbs
	singular		dual		plural		unmarked
	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
proximal to speaker	pn	tn	*jpnj	jptnj, jptntj	jpn	jptn	nn	—
distal	pf	tf	*jpfj	*jptfj, *jptftj	jpf	jptf	nf	—
proximal to spoken of	pj, pw, p	tj, tw	jpwj	jptwj, jptwtj	jpw	jptw, jptwt	nw	—
vocative	pꜣ	tꜣ	—	—	—	—	nꜣ	ꜥꜣ

¹ Unmarked for number and gender, but treated syntactically as masculine plurals when used with participles and relative forms, and as feminine singulars when referred to by resumptive pronouns.

Middle Egyptian demonstratives

	determiners and pronouns			adverbs
	singular		plural1
	masculine	feminine
proximal	pn	tn	nn	ꜥn
distal	pf, pfꜣ	tf, tfꜣ	nf, nfꜣ	ꜥf
‘copula’ and vocative	pw, pwy	tw, twy	nw	—
anaphoric	pꜣ	tꜣ	nꜣ	ꜥꜣ

¹ Joined by n(j) to nouns they modify.

Late Egyptian demonstratives and articles

	masculine	feminine	plural		adverb
pronoun	pꜣw				dj
determiners and pronouns	pꜣj	tꜣj	nꜣj
possessive determiners1	pꜣy	tꜣy	nꜣy
relational pronouns (‘possessive prefixes’)	p-n, pꜣ	t-nt, tꜣ	nꜣyw, nꜣ
definite articles	pꜣ	tꜣ	nꜣ2
indefinite articles	wꜥ2		nhꜣy2

¹ Used with suffix pronouns.
² Originally joined by n(j) to nouns they modify; later without it.

References

• von Lieven, Alexandra (2001) “Scheiben am Himmel — Zur Bedeutung von ı͗tn und ı͗tn.t” in Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur, volume 29, pages 277–282
• Miatello, Luca (2014) “On the Etymology of jtn and the Solar Iconography” in Göttinger Miszellen 242, pages 71–87
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 457.