zn

See also: ZN, Zn, zN, zn., z'n, and -źń

Dutch

Pronoun

zn

(text messaging) Nonstandard form of z'n.

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: zen

Verb

2-lit.

(transitive) to open

Inflection

Conjugation of zn (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: zn, geminated stem: znn

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
zn	znw, zn	znt	zn, j.zn	zn, j.zn

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
aspect / mood	active	passive	aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	zn.n	znw, zn	consecutive	zn.jn	active + .tj¹, .tw²
perfect	zn.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²
terminative	znt
perfective³	zn	active + .tj¹, .tw²	obligative¹	zn.ḫr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
imperfective	zn, j.zn¹	active + .tj¹, .tw²	obligative¹	zn.ḫr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
prospective³	zn	znn	potentialis¹	zn.kꜣ	active + .tj¹, .tw²
prospective³	zn	active + .tj¹, .tw²
subjunctive	zn, j.zn¹	active + .tj¹, .tw²

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	zn.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	zn	active + .tj¹, .tw²	zn	znn, znnj⁶, zn², znw^{2 5}, zny^{2 5}
imperfective	j.zn¹, zn, zny, znw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	j.zn¹, j.znw^{1 5}, zn, znj⁶, zny⁶	zn, znw⁵
prospective	zn, zntj⁷	—	zntj⁴, znt⁴

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.

Synonyms

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 297.