m
clay [since the Old Kingdom] seal made of clay
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sjn
3-lit.
to seal with clay
Conjugation of sjn (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: sjn , geminated stem: sjnn
infinitival forms
imperative
infinitive
negatival complement
complementary infinitive1
singular
plural
sjn sjnw , sjn sjnt sjn sjn
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem
periphrastic imperfective 2
periphrastic prospective 2
sjn ḥr sjn m sjn r sjn
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood
active
passive
contingent
aspect / mood
active
passive
perfect
sjn.n sjnw , sjn consecutive
sjn.jn active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
terminative
sjnt
perfective 3
sjn active + .tj 1 , .tw 2 obligative1
sjn.ḫr active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
imperfective
sjn active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
prospective 3
sjn sjnn potentialis1
sjn.kꜣ active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
subjunctive
sjn active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
participles
active
passive
active
passive
perfect
sjn.n active + .tj 1 , .tw 2 —
—
perfective
sjn active + .tj 1 , .tw 2 sjn sjn , sjnw 5 , sjny 5
imperfective
sjn , sjny , sjnw 5 active + .tj 1 , .tw 2 sjn , sjnj 6 , sjny 6 sjn , sjnw 5
prospective
sjn , sjntj 7 —
sjntj 4 , sjnt 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 .s .sj .sn .snj .sn
Only in the masculine singular.
Only in the masculine.
Only in the feminine.
See under the noun above.
Erman, Adolf , Grapow, Hermann (1930 ) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache [1] →ISBN pages 37.11–38.2 Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962 ) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian , Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN page 213 
