zḫn

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɛxɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: zekhen

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to happen by chance

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural zḫn zḫnw, zḫn zḫnt zḫn zḫn ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 zḫn ḥr zḫn m zḫn r zḫn suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect zḫn.n consecutive zḫn.jn terminative zḫnt perfective3 zḫn obligative1 zḫn.ḫr imperfective zḫn prospective3 zḫn potentialis1 zḫn.kꜣ subjunctive zḫn verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect zḫn.n — — perfective zḫn zḫn zḫn, zḫnw5, zḫny5 imperfective zḫn, zḫny, zḫnw5 zḫn, zḫnj6, zḫny6 zḫn, zḫnw5 prospective zḫn, zḫntj7 zḫntj4, zḫnt4 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 zḫn  

zḫnw	sḫnw	zḫnw

Descendants

• Coptic: ϣⲥ̄ⲛⲉ (šs̄ne)

Noun

 m

1. chance occurrence

Inflection

Declension of zḫn (masculine)

singular	zḫn
dual	zḫnwj
plural	zḫnw

Alternative forms

See under the verb above.

Noun

 m

1. An internal organ or tissue of an animal eaten as food. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
   1. kidney fat

Inflection

Declension of zḫn (masculine)

singular	zḫn
dual	zḫnwj
plural	zḫnw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zḫn  

zḫn	zḫnw

Noun

 m

1. (usually in the dual) float made of tied-together reeds [Pyramid Texts]

Inflection

Declension of zḫn (masculine)

singular	zḫn
dual	zḫnwj
plural	zḫnw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zḫn  

zḫnw

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 469.19–470.6, 470.14, 471.3–471.8
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 241