ꜥnꜥn

Egyptian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Old Egyptian jnꜥ (“chin”).

Noun

 m

1. chin [Middle & Late Egyptian]

Inflection

Declension of ꜥnꜥn (masculine)

singular	ꜥnꜥn
dual	ꜥnꜥnwj
plural	ꜥnꜥnw

Etymology 2

Verb

 4-lit.

1. (intransitive) to complain (+ ḥr: about)

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ꜥnꜥn ꜥnꜥnw, ꜥnꜥn ꜥnꜥnt ꜥnꜥn ꜥnꜥn ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ꜥnꜥn ḥr ꜥnꜥn m ꜥnꜥn r ꜥnꜥn suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect ꜥnꜥn.n consecutive ꜥnꜥn.jn terminative ꜥnꜥnt perfective3 ꜥnꜥn obligative1 ꜥnꜥn.ḫr imperfective ꜥnꜥn prospective3 ꜥnꜥnw, ꜥnꜥn potentialis1 ꜥnꜥn.kꜣ subjunctive ꜥnꜥn verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect ꜥnꜥn.n — — perfective ꜥnꜥn ꜥnꜥn ꜥnꜥn, ꜥnꜥnw5, ꜥnꜥny5 imperfective ꜥnꜥn, ꜥnꜥny, ꜥnꜥnw5 ꜥnꜥn, ꜥnꜥnj6, ꜥnꜥny6 ꜥnꜥn, ꜥnꜥnw5 prospective ꜥnꜥn, ꜥnꜥntj7 ꜥnꜥnwtj1 4, ꜥnꜥntj4, ꜥnꜥnt4 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

• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN