smnmn

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ mnmn (“to move about”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛmɛnmɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: semenmen

Verb

 caus. 4-lit.

1. (transitive) to cause to quake

Inflection

Conjugation of smnmn (causative quadriliteral / caus. 4-lit. / caus. 4rad.) — base stem: smnmn

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural smnmn smnmnw, smnmn smnmnt smnmn smnmn ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 smnmn ḥr smnmn m smnmn r smnmn suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect smnmn.n smnmnw, smnmn consecutive smnmn.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative smnmnt perfective3 smnmn active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 smnmn.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective smnmn active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 smnmnw, smnmn, smnmny smnmnw, smnmn, smnmny potentialis1 smnmn.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive smnmn active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect smnmn.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective smnmn active + .tj1, .tw2 smnmn smnmn, smnmnw5, smnmny5 imperfective smnmn, smnmny, smnmnw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 smnmn, smnmnj6, smnmny6 smnmn, smnmnw5 prospective smnmn, smnmntj7 — smnmnwtj1 4, smnmntj4, smnmnt4 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 250.