sṯnj

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ ṯnj (“to elevate, to be distinguished”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛt͡ʃɛni/
  • Conventional anglicization: setjeni

Verb

 caus. 3ae inf.

1. (transitive) to distinguish, to elevate, to crown

Inflection

Conjugation of sṯnj (causative third weak / caus. 3ae inf. / caus. III. inf.) — base stem: sṯn, geminated stem: sṯnn

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural sṯnt, sṯnj sṯnw, sṯn sṯnt, sṯnwt, sṯnyt sṯn sṯn, sṯny ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 sṯn ḥr sṯnt, ḥr sṯnj m sṯnt, m sṯnj r sṯnt, r sṯnj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect sṯn.n sṯnw, sṯn, sṯny consecutive sṯn.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative sṯnt perfective3 sṯn active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 sṯn.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective sṯn, sṯny active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 sṯnw, sṯn, sṯny sṯnw, sṯn, sṯny potentialis1 sṯn.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive sṯn, sṯny active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect sṯn.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective sṯnw1, sṯny, sṯn active + .tj1, .tw2 sṯn sṯny, sṯn imperfective sṯnn, sṯnny, sṯnnw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 sṯnn, sṯnnj6, sṯnny6 sṯnn, sṯnnw5 prospective sṯnw1, sṯny, sṯn, sṯntj7 — sṯnwtj1 4, sṯntj4, sṯnt4 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 208.