nznzn

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛzɛnzɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: nezenzen

Verb

 5-lit.

1. (intransitive) to burn up

Inflection

Conjugation of nznzn (quinquiliteral / 5-lit. / 5rad.) — base stem: nznzn

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural nznzn nznznw, nznzn nznznt nznzn nznzn ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 nznzn ḥr nznzn m nznzn r nznzn suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect nznzn.n consecutive nznzn.jn terminative nznznt perfective3 nznzn obligative1 nznzn.ḫr imperfective nznzn prospective3 nznznw, nznzn potentialis1 nznzn.kꜣ subjunctive nznzn verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect nznzn.n — — perfective nznzn nznzn nznzn, nznznw5, nznzny5 imperfective nznzn, nznzny, nznznw5 nznzn, nznznj6, nznzny6 nznzn, nznznw5 prospective nznzn, nznzntj7 nznznwtj1 4, nznzntj4, nznznt4 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 290.