bjn

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈbaːjin/ → /ˈbaːjin/ → /ˈbaːʔən/ → /ˈβoːʔən/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈbaːjin/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈbaːjin/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈbaːʔən/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈβoːʔən/

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

Adjective

1. bad, evil

Inflection

Declension of bjn (perfective active participle)

	masculine	feminine
singular	bjn	bjnt
dual	bjnwj	bjntj
plural	bjnw	bjnwt1, bjnt2
Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun. From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural. In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.