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Translingual [ edit ]
mn
( international standards ) ISO 639-1 language code for Mongolian .
English [ edit ]
Etymology 1 [ edit ]
Numeral [ edit ]
mn
( chiefly Britain , Commonwealth except Canada, Ireland ) Abbreviation of million .
Alternative forms [ edit ]
Coordinate terms [ edit ]
bn ( billion )
tn ( trillion )
Etymology 2 [ edit ]
mn
( Internet slang , text messaging ) Abbreviation of mean .
2008 January–February, Chris Rodell, “Small talk, big results”, in Men's Health , volume 23, number 1, →ISSN , page 80 :Sure, we may use cellphones and e-mail hundreds of times a week, but we say very little. [ …] Most of our talk, even in privileged IM circles, is no deeper than the words we exchange with the pizza guy. [ …] U C wt I mn ?
Etymology 3 [ edit ]
mn (not comparable )
( Philippines ) Alternative form of MN ( “ midnight ” ) .
Anagrams [ edit ]
Egyptian [ edit ]
Etymology 1 [ edit ]
Pronunciation [ edit ]
2-lit.
( intransitive ) to be(come) established , to be(come) fixed or set
c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE ,
Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 22–23:
šfyt ḥtp.n.s st.s fꜣw mn (.w) r hpw.f Dignity, it has taken its seat, and magnificence is established according to his laws.
( intransitive ) to stick , to remain , to endure
Inflection [ edit ]
Conjugation of mn (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: mn , geminated stem: mnn
infinitival forms
imperative
infinitive
negatival complement
complementary infinitive1
singular
plural
mn
mnw , mn
mnt
mn , j.mn
mn , j.mn
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem
periphrastic imperfective 2
periphrastic prospective 2
mn
ḥr mn
m mn
r mn
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood
active
contingent
aspect / mood
active
perfect
mn.n
consecutive
mn.jn
terminative
mnt
perfective 3
mn
obligative1
mn.ḫr
imperfective
mn , j.mn 1
prospective 3
mn
potentialis1
mn.kꜣ
subjunctive
mn , j.mn 1
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
participles
active
active
passive
perfect
mn.n
—
—
perfective
mn
mn
mnn , mnnj 6 , mn 2 , mnw 2 5 , mny 2 5
imperfective
j.mn 1 , mn , mny , mnw 5
j.mn 1 , j.mnw 1 5 , mn , mnj 6 , mny 6
mn , mnw 5
prospective
mn , mntj 7
mntj 4 , mnt 4
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
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.
Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f /.fj , feminine .s /.sj , dual .sn /.snj , plural .sn .
Only in the masculine singular.
Only in the masculine.
Only in the feminine.
Alternative forms [ edit ]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mn
Derived terms [ edit ]
Descendants [ edit ]
Sahidic Coptic: ⲙⲟⲩⲛ ( moun )
Etymology 2 [ edit ]
Pronunciation [ edit ]
m
substitute for an unknown male name; so-and-so , N.N. [since the Pyramid Texts]
Alternative forms [ edit ]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mn
Derived terms [ edit ]
Descendants [ edit ]
Etymology 3 [ edit ]
Pronunciation [ edit ]
2-lit.
( transitive ) to suffer because of
( transitive ) to feel pain in (a body part)
( reflexive ) to suffer
Inflection [ edit ]
Conjugation of mn (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: mn , geminated stem: mnn
infinitival forms
imperative
infinitive
negatival complement
complementary infinitive1
singular
plural
mn
mnw , mn
mnt
mn , j.mn
mn , j.mn
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem
periphrastic imperfective 2
periphrastic prospective 2
mn
ḥr mn
m mn
r mn
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood
active
passive
contingent
aspect / mood
active
passive
perfect
mn.n
mnw , mn
consecutive
mn.jn
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
terminative
mnt
perfective 3
mn
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
obligative1
mn.ḫr
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
imperfective
mn , j.mn 1
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
prospective 3
mn
mnn
potentialis1
mn.kꜣ
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
subjunctive
mn , j.mn 1
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
participles
active
passive
active
passive
perfect
mn.n
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
—
—
perfective
mn
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
mn
mnn , mnnj 6 , mn 2 , mnw 2 5 , mny 2 5
imperfective
j.mn 1 , mn , mny , mnw 5
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
j.mn 1 , j.mnw 1 5 , mn , mnj 6 , mny 6
mn , mnw 5
prospective
mn , mntj 7
—
mntj 4 , mnt 4
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
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.
Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f /.fj , feminine .s /.sj , dual .sn /.snj , plural .sn .
Only in the masculine singular.
Only in the masculine.
Only in the feminine.
Derived terms [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
Erman, Adolf ; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache [1] , volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN , page 60.6–62.26, 64.13–65.2, 66.18–67.4
Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian , Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN , page 106–107
James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs , 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN , 216, 309 page 183, 216, 309 .
^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction , Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN , page 36, 53