snsn

Egyptian

Etymology

Reduplication of sn (“to kiss, to smell”).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈsansan/ → /ˈsansan/ → /ˈsansən/ → /ˈsansən/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsansan/ (infinitive)
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsansan/ (infinitive)
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsansən/ (infinitive)
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsansən/ (infinitive)

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛnsɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: sensen

Verb

 4-lit.

1. (transitive) to fraternize with
   • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 13:

     wrrt.f dm.n.s ḥrt snsn.n.s sbꜣw

     His White Crown, it has pierced the sky, it has fraternized with the stars.

Inflection

Conjugation of snsn (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: snsn

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural snsn snsnw, snsn snsnt snsn snsn ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 snsn ḥr snsn m snsn r snsn suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect snsn.n snsnw, snsn consecutive snsn.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative snsnt perfective3 snsn active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 snsn.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective snsn active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 snsnw, snsn snsnw, snsn potentialis1 snsn.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive snsn active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect snsn.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective snsn active + .tj1, .tw2 snsn snsn, snsnw5, snsny5 imperfective snsn, snsny, snsnw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 snsn, snsnj6, snsny6 snsn, snsnw5 prospective snsn, snsntj7 — snsnwtj1 4, snsntj4, snsnt4 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 156.