bjn

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Egyptian

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Pronunciation

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  • (adjective): (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈbaːjin//ˈbaːjin//ˈbaːʔən//ˈβoːʔən/

Verb

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bin
G37

 3-lit.

  1. (intransitive, of people) to acquire or have bad qualities [since the end of the Old Kingdom]
    1. (intransitive) to be(come) bad or evil (+ ḥnꜥ: toward (someone))
    2. (intransitive) to be(come) useless or good for nothing
    3. (intransitive) to be(come) in a miserable or wretched state
  2. (intransitive, of animals and things) to be(come) harmful
  3. (intransitive, of periods of time) to be(come) unpropitious or calamitous
  4. (intransitive, of milk) to sour, to go bad

Inflection

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Alternative forms

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Adjective

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bin
G37
  1. perfective active participle of bjn: bad, evil

Inflection

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Along with nfr and ꜥꜣ, bjn is one of the few Egyptian adjectives that continued to show remnants of gender and number inflection into Late Egyptian (and beyond).[2]

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 33
  2. ^ Junge, Friedrich (2005) Late Egyptian Grammar: An Introduction, second English edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, page 66