mn

See also: Mn, MN, mN, .mn, m'n, and m.n.

English

Numeral

mn

1. Initialism of million.

Alternative forms

• mn.
• mln. / mln

Coordinate terms

• bn (billion)
• tn (trillion)

Anagrams

• N.M., NM, Nm, n/m, nm

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Egyptian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /maːn/ → /maːn/ → /moːn/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /maːn/ (infinitive)
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /maːn/ (infinitive)
• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /moːn/ (infinitive)

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

Verb

 2-lit.

1. (intransitive) to be(come) established, to be(come) fixed or set
2. (intransitive) to stick, to remain, to endure

Inflection

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 imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
mn	ḥr mn	m mn	r mn

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	mn.n	consecutive	mn.jn
terminative	mnt
perfective3	mn	obligative	mn.ḫr
imperfective	mn, j.mn1
prospective3	mn	potentialis	mn.kꜣ
subjunctive	mn, j.mn1

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	mn.n	—	—
perfective	mn	mn	mnn, mnnj6, mn2, mnw2 5, mny2 5
imperfective	j.mn1, mn, mny, mnw5	j.mn1, j.mnw1 5, mn, mnj6, mny6	mn, mnw5
prospective	mn, mntj7	mntj4, mnt4
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, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mn  

mn

Derived terms

• mn-nfr
• mn-ḫpr-rꜥ
• smn

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

Verb

 2-lit.

1. (transitive) to suffer because of
2. (transitive) to feel pain in (a body part)
3. (reflexive) to suffer

Inflection

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 imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
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 + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	mnt
perfective3	mn	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative	mn.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	mn, j.mn1	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	mn	mnn	potentialis	mn.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	mn, j.mn1	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	mn.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	mn	active + .tj1, .tw2	mn	mnn, mnnj6, mn2, mnw2 5, mny2 5
imperfective	j.mn1, mn, mny, mnw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	j.mn1, j.mnw1 5, mn, mnj6, mny6	mn, mnw5
prospective	mn, mntj7	—	mntj4, mnt4
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, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Derived terms

• mnt

References

• 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.