zn

See also: ZN, Zn, zN, zn., z'n, and -źń

Egyptian[edit]

2-lit.

Conjugation of zn (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: zn, geminated stem: znn

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
zn	znw, zn	znt	zn, j.zn	zn, j.zn

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

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	zn.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	zn	active + .tj¹, .tw²	zn	znn, znnj⁶, zn², znw^{2 5}, zny^{2 5}
imperfective	j.zn¹, zn, zny, znw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	j.zn¹, j.znw^{1 5}, zn, znj⁶, zny⁶	zn, znw⁵
prospective	zn, zntj⁷	—	zntj⁴, znt⁴
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 297.