dn

See also: DN, dN, d'n, and d—n

Egyptian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

 2-lit.

1. (transitive) to sever, cut off
   • c. 1450 BC, The Poetical Stela of Thutmose III: Part I, Cairo Museum 34010:

     dn.s tpw ꜥꜣmw

     […] it severs the heads of the Asiatics.

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural dn dnw, dn dnt dn, j.dn dn, j.dn ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 dn ḥr dn m dn r dn suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect dn.n dnw, dn consecutive dn.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative dnt perfective3 dn active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 dn.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective dn, j.dn1 active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 dn dnn potentialis1 dn.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive dn, j.dn1 active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect dn.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective dn active + .tj1, .tw2 dn dnn, dnnj6, dn2, dnw2 5, dny2 5 imperfective j.dn1, dn, dny, dnw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 j.dn1, j.dnw1 5, dn, dnj6, dny6 dn, dnw5 prospective dn, dntj7 — dntj4, dnt4 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.

Proper noun

 m

1. a serekh name notably borne by Den, a pharaoh of the First Dynasty, literally ‘The Severer (of Heads)’.

References

• Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN:

  Horus: dn (den), The Severer (of heads) […] The king’s name has been read a number of different ways, the most common of which are Dewen (“He who spreads [his (falcon’s) wings]”) or Udimu (“He who pours water”). For other variants, see Godron (1990, 11-17), who rightly opts for the reading Den, which he renders as “The slaughterer.”