ssn
See also: SSN
Egyptian
Etymology
s- (causative prefix) + sn (“to smell, to kiss”).
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /sɛsɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: sesen
Verb
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caus. 2-lit.
- (transitive or intransitive, of a person or a nose) to breathe [since the Pyramid Texts]
- (transitive) to smell (a scent) [since the Pyramid Texts]
Usage notes
By the Late Period, snsn (“to smell, to inhale”) began to replace this word.
Inflection
Conjugation of ssn (causative biliteral / caus. 2-lit. / caus. 2rad.) — base stem: ssn
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
ssnt, ssn |
ssnw, ssn |
ssnt |
ssn |
ssn |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
ssn |
ḥr ssn |
m ssn |
r ssn |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | ssn.n |
ssnw, ssn |
consecutive | ssn.jn |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | ssnt | ||||
perfective3 | ssn |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
obligative1 | ssn.ḫr |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | ssn |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | ssnw, ssn, ssny |
ssnw, ssn, ssny |
potentialis1 | ssn.kꜣ |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | ssn |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | ssn.n |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
— | — |
perfective | ssn |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
ssn |
ssn, ssnw5, ssny5 |
imperfective | ssn, ssny, ssnw5 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
ssn, ssnj6, ssny6 |
ssn, ssnw5 |
prospective | ssn, ssntj7 |
— | ssnwtj1 4, ssntj4, ssnt4 | |
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Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ssn
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 277.9–277.16
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 245