snḏm

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ nḏm (“to be pleasant or sweet”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛnɛd͡ʒɛm/
  • Conventional anglicization: senedjem

Verb

 caus. 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to make pleasant
2. (transitive) to sweeten
3. (intransitive) to make oneself comfortable, to sit and rest

Inflection

Conjugation of snḏm (causative triliteral / caus. 3-lit. / caus. 3rad.) — base stem: snḏm

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural snḏm snḏmw, snḏm snḏmt snḏm snḏm ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 snḏm ḥr snḏm m snḏm r snḏm suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect snḏm.n snḏmw, snḏm consecutive snḏm.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative snḏmt perfective3 snḏm active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 snḏm.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective snḏm active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 snḏmw, snḏm, snḏmy snḏmw, snḏm, snḏmy potentialis1 snḏm.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive snḏm active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect snḏm.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective snḏm active + .tj1, .tw2 snḏm snḏm, snḏmw5, snḏmy5 imperfective snḏm, snḏmy, snḏmw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 snḏm, snḏmj6, snḏmy6 snḏm, snḏmw5 prospective snḏm, snḏmtj7 — snḏmwtj1 4, snḏmtj4, snḏmt4 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

1. residence

Inflection

Declension of snḏm (masculine)

singular	snḏm
dual	snḏmwj
plural	snḏmw

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 60, 162.