swn

See also: sŵn

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /suːn/
  • Conventional anglicization: sun

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to offer for sale
2. (transitive, Late Egyptian) to buy

Inflection

Conjugation of swn (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: swn, geminated stem: swnn

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural swn swnw, swn swnt swn swn ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 swn ḥr swn m swn r swn suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect swn.n swnw, swn consecutive swn.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative swnt perfective3 swn active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 swn.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective swn active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 swn swnn potentialis1 swn.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive swn active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect swn.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective swn active + .tj1, .tw2 swn swn, swnw5, swny5 imperfective swn, swny, swnw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 swn, swnj6, swny6 swn, swnw5 prospective swn, swntj7 — swntj4, swnt4 1 Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. 2 Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 3 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. 4 Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. 5 Only in the masculine singular. 6 Only in the masculine. 7 Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of swn  

swnw

Derived terms

• swnw
• swnt

Etymology 2

s- (causative prefix) +‎ wn (“to open”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛwɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: sewen

Verb

 caus. 2-lit.

1. (transitive) to open

Inflection

Conjugation of swn (causative biliteral / caus. 2-lit. / caus. 2rad.) — base stem: swn

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural swnt, swn swnw, swn swnt swn swn ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 swn ḥr swn m swn r swn suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect swn.n swnw, swn consecutive swn.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative swnt perfective3 swn active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 swn.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective swn active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 swnw, swn, swny swnw, swn, swny potentialis1 swn.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive swn active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect swn.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective swn active + .tj1, .tw2 swn swn, swnw5, swny5 imperfective swn, swny, swnw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 swn, swnj6, swny6 swn, swnw5 prospective swn, swntj7 — swnwtj1 4, swntj4, swnt4 1 Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. 2 Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 3 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. 4 Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. 5 Only in the masculine singular. 6 Only in the masculine. 7 Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of swn  

swnw

Synonyms

• wbꜣ
• wpj
• wn
• zn
• kfꜣ

Derived terms

• swn ḥr

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 68.1–68.2, 68.16–68.17
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, pages 216–217

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʊn/
• Rhymes: -ʊn

Verb

swn (not mutable)

1. first-person singular conditional colloquial of bod