3-lit.
( intransitive ) to happen by chance
Conjugation of zḫn (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: zḫn , geminated stem: zḫnn
infinitival forms
imperative
infinitive
negatival complement
complementary infinitive1
singular
plural
zḫn
zḫnw , zḫn
zḫnt
zḫn
zḫn
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem
periphrastic imperfective 2
periphrastic prospective 2
zḫn
ḥr zḫn
m zḫn
r zḫn
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood
active
contingent
aspect / mood
active
perfect
zḫn.n
consecutive
zḫn.jn
terminative
zḫnt
perfective 3
zḫn
obligative1
zḫn.ḫr
imperfective
zḫn
prospective 3
zḫn
potentialis1
zḫn.kꜣ
subjunctive
zḫn
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
participles
active
active
passive
perfect
zḫn.n
—
—
perfective
zḫn
zḫn
zḫn , zḫnw 5 , zḫny 5
imperfective
zḫn , zḫny , zḫnw 5
zḫn , zḫnj 6 , zḫny 6
zḫn , zḫnw 5
prospective
zḫn , zḫntj 7
zḫntj 4 , zḫnt 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 zḫn
m
chance occurrence
Declension of zḫn (masculine)
See under the verb above.
m
An internal organ or tissue of an animal eaten as food. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
kidney fat
Declension of zḫn (masculine)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zḫn
m
( usually in the dual ) float made of tied -together reeds [Pyramid Texts]
Declension of zḫn (masculine)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zḫn
Erman, Adolf , Grapow, Hermann (1929 ) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache [1] , volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN , pages 469.19–470.6, 470.14, 471.3–471.8
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962 ) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian , Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN , page 241