pšn

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /pɛʃɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: peshen

Verb

3-lit.

(transitive) to split apart

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
pšn	pšnw, pšn	pšnt	pšn	pšn

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective²		periphrastic prospective²
pšn	ḥr pšn	m pšn	r pšn

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
aspect / mood	active	passive	aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	pšn.n	pšnw, pšn	consecutive	pšn.jn	active + .tj¹, .tw²
perfect	pšn.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²
terminative	pšnt
perfective³	pšn	active + .tj¹, .tw²	obligative¹	pšn.ḫr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
imperfective	pšn	active + .tj¹, .tw²	obligative¹	pšn.ḫr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
prospective³	pšn	pšnn	potentialis¹	pšn.kꜣ	active + .tj¹, .tw²
prospective³	pšn	active + .tj¹, .tw²
subjunctive	pšn	active + .tj¹, .tw²

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	pšn.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	pšn	active + .tj¹, .tw²	pšn	pšn, pšnw⁵, pšny⁵
imperfective	pšn, pšny, pšnw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	pšn, pšnj⁶, pšny⁶	pšn, pšnw⁵
prospective	pšn, pšntj⁷	—	pšntj⁴, pšnt⁴

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.

Noun

m

(medicine) bone fracture

Inflection

Declension of *pšn* (masculine)
singular	pšn
dual	pšnwj
plural	pšnw

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 171, 317.