zjn

Egyptian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to rub

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
zjn	zjnw, zjn	zjnt	zjn	zjn

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
zjn	ḥr zjn	m zjn	r zjn

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	zjn.n	zjnw, zjn	consecutive	zjn.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	zjnt
perfective3	zjn	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	zjn.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	zjn	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	zjn	zjnn	potentialis1	zjn.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	zjn	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	zjn.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	zjn	active + .tj1, .tw2	zjn	zjn, zjnw5, zjny5
imperfective	zjn, zjny, zjnw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	zjn, zjnj6, zjny6	zjn, zjnw5
prospective	zjn, zjntj7	—	zjntj4, zjnt4
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 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. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zjn  

sjn	sjn

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 183, 312.