3-lit.
( intransitive ) to be(come) physically painful
( intransitive ) to be(come) physically pained
( intransitive ) to be(come) mentally distressed or aggrieved
( intransitive , of work or acts) to be(come) difficult or hard to do
( intransitive , of times) to be(come) hard or troubled
Conjugation of qsn (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: qsn , geminated stem: qsnn
infinitival forms
imperative
infinitive
negatival complement
complementary infinitive1
singular
plural
qsn
qsnw , qsn
qsnt
qsn
qsn
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem
periphrastic imperfective 2
periphrastic prospective 2
qsn
ḥr qsn
m qsn
r qsn
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood
active
contingent
aspect / mood
active
perfect
qsn.n
consecutive
qsn.jn
terminative
qsnt
perfective 3
qsn
obligative1
qsn.ḫr
imperfective
qsn
prospective 3
qsn
potentialis1
qsn.kꜣ
subjunctive
qsn
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
participles
active
active
passive
perfect
qsn.n
—
—
perfective
qsn
qsn
qsn , qsnw 5 , qsny 5
imperfective
qsn , qsny , qsnw 5
qsn , qsnj 6 , qsny 6
qsn , qsnw 5
prospective
qsn , qsntj 7
qsntj 4 , qsnt 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 hieroglyphic writings of qsn
m
ordeal , pain
Declension of qsn (masculine)
See under the verb above.
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