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dn

See also: DN and dN

dn - Egyptian

Pronunciation

  • (modern Egyptological) IPA: /dɛn/
    • Conventional anglicization: den

Verb

 2-lit.

  1. (transitive) to sever, cut off

Inflection

infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
dn dnw, dn dnt dn, j.dn dn, j.dn
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
dn ḥr dn m dn r dn
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect dn.n dnw, dn consecutive dn.jn active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative dnt
perfective3 dn active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 dn.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective dn, j.dn1 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 dn dnn potentialis1 dn.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive dn, j.dn1 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect dn.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — —
perfective dn active + .tj1, .tw2 dn dnn, dnnj6, dn2, dnw2 5, dny2 5
imperfective j.dn1, dn, dny, dnw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 j.dn1, j.dnw1 5, dn, dnj6, dny6 dn, dnw5
prospective dn, dntj7 — dntj4, dnt4
  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.

Proper noun

 m

  1. A serekh name notably borne by Den, a pharaoh of the First Dynasty, literally ‘The Severer (of Heads)’.
Meaning and Definition of dn
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