m
clay [since the Old Kingdom]
seal made of clay
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sjn
3-lit.
to seal with clay
Conjugation of sjn (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: sjn , geminated stem: sjnn
infinitival forms
imperative
infinitive
negatival complement
complementary infinitive1
singular
plural
sjn
sjnw , sjn
sjnt
sjn
sjn
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem
periphrastic imperfective 2
periphrastic prospective 2
sjn
ḥr sjn
m sjn
r sjn
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood
active
passive
contingent
aspect / mood
active
passive
perfect
sjn.n
sjnw , sjn
consecutive
sjn.jn
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
terminative
sjnt
perfective 3
sjn
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
obligative1
sjn.ḫr
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
imperfective
sjn
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
prospective 3
sjn
sjnn
potentialis1
sjn.kꜣ
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
subjunctive
sjn
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
participles
active
passive
active
passive
perfect
sjn.n
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
—
—
perfective
sjn
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
sjn
sjn , sjnw 5 , sjny 5
imperfective
sjn , sjny , sjnw 5
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
sjn , sjnj 6 , sjny 6
sjn , sjnw 5
prospective
sjn , sjntj 7
—
sjntj 4 , sjnt 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.
See under the noun above.
Erman, Adolf , Grapow, Hermann (1930 ) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache [1] , volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN , pages 37.11–38.2
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962 ) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian , Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN , page 213