ṯnj

See also: tnj, .tnj, and .ṯnj

ṯnj - Egyptian

Pronunciation

  • (modern Egyptological) IPA: /t͡ʃɛni/
    • Conventional anglicization: tjeni

For the Adverb:

 
  • (reconstructed) IPA: /ˈcaːnaj//ˈtaːnaj//ˈtoːn/

Pronoun

 du 2. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun

  1. you two (see usage notes)

Usage notes

This form of pronoun is an enclitic that must directly follow the word it modifies. Its meaning depends on its context:

  • When it follows a verb, it indicates the object of the verb.
  • In the second and third person when it follows an adjective, it forms the subject of an adjectival sentence.
  • When it follows a relative adjective, such as ntj, ntt, or jsṯ, it indicates the subject of the relative clause (usually only in the first person singular and third person common).
  • When it follows an imperative, it indicates the object of the verb.
  • When it follows a particle like m.k, it indicates the subject of the clause.
  • When attached to a preposition, it indicates the object of the preposition.

Inflection

number first person second person third person
masculine feminine masculine feminine
suffix pronouns singular , .j .k, .kj1 .ṯ, .ṯn .f, .fj1 .s, .sj1
dual .nj .ṯnj .snj
plural .n .ṯn .sn
enclitic (‘dependent’) pronouns singular w, wj, wy kw, k, ṯw, ṯm, ṯn sw, s s
dual ṯnj snj
plural n ṯn sn
stressed (‘independent’) pronouns singular jnk ṯwt ṯmt swt stt
dual ntsnj
plural ntṯn ntsn, jntsn
stative (‘pseudoparticiple’) endings singular .kj, .k .tj, .t , .j .tj, .t
dual .tjwn .wy, .wj .ty
plural .wn, .nw , .w, .y, .wy .tj, .t
  1. Only when attached to a dual noun or prospective participle.
number first person second person third person
masculine feminine masculine feminine
suffix pronouns singular , .j .k, .kj1 .ṯ, .t .f, .fj1 .s, .sj1
dual2 .nj .ṯnj, .tnj .snj
plural .n .ṯn, .tn .sn, .w3
enclitic (‘dependent’) pronouns singular wj, w ṯw, tw ṯn, tn sw, st sj, s, st
plural n ṯn, tn sn, st
stressed (‘independent’) pronouns singular jnk ntk, ṯwt2 ntṯ, ntt, ṯwt2 ntf, swt2 nts, swt2
plural jnn3 ntṯn, nttn ntsn
stative (‘pseudoparticiple’) endings singular .kw .tj, .t, .tw3 , .w .tj, .t, .tw3
plural .wn, .wjn .tjwn, .tjwnj , .w, .y
proclitic (‘subject form’) pronouns3 singular tw.j tw.k tw.t sw sj, st
plural tw.n tw.tn st
  1. Only when attached to a dual noun or prospective participle.
  2. Only in formal texts, especially religious texts.
  3. Only in postclassical (Neo-Middle Egyptian) texts.
number first person second person third person
masculine feminine masculine feminine
suffix pronouns singular , .j .k, .kw .t .f, .fj .s, .st, .sw
plural .n .tn, .twn .w, .sn1
enclitic (‘dependent’) pronouns1 singular wj tw, tj sw, st
plural n, wn twn sn, st
stressed (‘independent’) pronouns singular jnk mntk, mtwk mntt, mtwy mntf mntst, mntjst
plural jnn mnttn mntw
stative (‘pseudoparticiple’) endings1 singular .kw, .k .tj, .tw , .w, .y .tj, .tw
plural .nw .tn , .w, .y
unmarked (later) , .tw
proclitic (‘subject form’) pronouns singular tw.j tw.k tw.t sw st, sw
plural tw.n tw.tn st, sw, swt
  1. Only in formal texts, especially religious texts.

Proper noun

 ?

  1. Thinis

Alternative forms

ṯnj tnj

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: Θίνις (Thínis)
  • Coptic: ⲧⲓⲛ (tin)

Adverb

 interrogative

  1. where?

Alternative forms

Descendants

Verb

 3ae inf.

  1. (transitive) to lift up, to elevate
  2. (transitive) to distinguish (+ r: to distinguish (something) from (something else))
  3. (intransitive) to be(come) distinguished or elevated

Inflection

infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
ṯnt, ṯnj ṯnw, ṯn ṯnt, ṯnwt, ṯnyt ṯn ṯn, ṯny
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
ṯn8, ṯnn8 ḥr ṯnt, ḥr ṯnj m ṯnt, m ṯnj r ṯnt, r ṯnj
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect ṯn.n ṯnw, ṯn, ṯny consecutive ṯn.jn active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative ṯnt, ṯnyt
perfective3 ṯn active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 ṯn.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective ṯn, ṯny active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 ṯnw, ṯn, ṯny ṯnw, ṯn, ṯny potentialis1 ṯn.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive ṯn, ṯny active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect ṯn.n active + .tj1, .tw2
perfective ṯnw1, ṯny, ṯn active + .tj1, .tw2 ṯn ṯny, ṯn
imperfective ṯnn, ṯnny, ṯnnw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 ṯnn, ṯnnj6, ṯnny6 ṯnn, ṯnnw5
prospective ṯnw1, ṯny, ṯn, ṯntj7 ṯnwtj1 4, ṯntj4, ṯnt4
  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.
  8. Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

Alternative forms

tnj

Derived terms

Meaning and Definition of ṯnj
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