qsn

See also: QSN

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /kɛsɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: qesen

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to be(come) physically painful
2. (intransitive) to be(come) physically pained
3. (intransitive) to be(come) mentally distressed or aggrieved
4. (intransitive, of work or acts) to be(come) difficult or hard to do
5. (intransitive, of times) to be(come) hard or troubled

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural qsn qsnw, qsn qsnt qsn qsn ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 qsn ḥr qsn m qsn r qsn suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect qsn.n consecutive qsn.jn terminative qsnt perfective3 qsn obligative1 qsn.ḫr imperfective qsn prospective3 qsn potentialis1 qsn.kꜣ subjunctive qsn verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect qsn.n — — perfective qsn qsn qsn, qsnw5, qsny5 imperfective qsn, qsny, qsnw5 qsn, qsnj6, qsny6 qsn, qsnw5 prospective qsn, qsntj7 qsntj4, qsnt4 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.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of qsn  

qsn	qsn

Noun

 m

1. ordeal, pain

Inflection

Declension of qsn (masculine)

singular	qsn
dual	qsnwj
plural	qsnw

Alternative forms

See under the verb above.

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 69.7–70.16
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 281
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 84, 122, 376.
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 164