smnmn

Egyptian[edit]

s- (causative prefix) +‎ mnmn (“to move about”).

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛmɛnmɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: semenmen

caus. 4-lit.

Conjugation of smnmn (causative quadriliteral / caus. 4-lit. / caus. 4rad.) — base stem: smnmn

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
smnmn	smnmnw, smnmn	smnmnt	smnmn	smnmn

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective²		periphrastic prospective²
smnmn	ḥr smnmn	m smnmn	r smnmn

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	smnmn.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	smnmn	active + .tj¹, .tw²	smnmn	smnmn, smnmnw⁵, smnmny⁵
imperfective	smnmn, smnmny, smnmnw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	smnmn, smnmnj⁶, smnmny⁶	smnmn, smnmnw⁵
prospective	smnmn, smnmntj⁷	—	smnmnwtj^{1 4}, smnmntj⁴, smnmnt⁴
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.

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 250.