Egyptian [ edit ] Etymology 1 [ edit ] Pronunciation [ edit ] 3-lit.
( transitive ) offer for sale ( transitive , Late Egyptian ) buy Inflection [ edit ]
Conjugation of swn (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: swn , geminated stem: swnn
infinitival forms
imperative
infinitive
negatival complement
complementary infinitive1
singular
plural
swn swnw , swn swnt swn swn
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem
periphrastic imperfective 2
periphrastic prospective 2
swn ḥr swn m swn r swn
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood
active
passive
contingent
aspect / mood
active
passive
perfect
swn.n swnw , swn consecutive
swn.jn active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
terminative
swnt
perfective 3
swn active + .tj 1 , .tw 2 obligative1
swn.ḫr active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
imperfective
swn active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
prospective 3
swn swnn potentialis1
swn.kꜣ active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
subjunctive
swn active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
participles
active
passive
active
passive
perfect
swn.n active + .tj 1 , .tw 2 —
—
perfective
swn active + .tj 1 , .tw 2 swn swn , swnw 5 , swny 5
imperfective
swn , swny , swnw 5 active + .tj 1 , .tw 2 swn , swnj 6 , swny 6 swn , swnw 5
prospective
swn , swntj 7 —
swntj 4 , swnt 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 .s .sj .sn .snj .sn
Only in the masculine singular.
Only in the masculine.
Only in the feminine.
Alternative forms [ edit ]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of swn
Derived terms [ edit ] Etymology 2 [ edit ] s- ( causative prefix ) + wn ( “ to open ” ) .
Pronunciation [ edit ] caus. 2-lit.
( transitive ) open Inflection [ edit ]
Conjugation of swn (causative biliteral / caus. 2-lit. / caus. 2rad.) — base stem: swn
infinitival forms
imperative
infinitive
negatival complement
complementary infinitive1
singular
plural
swnt , swn swnw , swn swnt swn swn
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem
periphrastic imperfective 2
periphrastic prospective 2
swn ḥr swn m swn r swn
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood
active
passive
contingent
aspect / mood
active
passive
perfect
swn.n swnw , swn consecutive
swn.jn active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
terminative
swnt
perfective 3
swn active + .tj 1 , .tw 2 obligative1
swn.ḫr active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
imperfective
swn active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
prospective 3
swnw , swn , swny swnw , swn , swny potentialis1
swn.kꜣ active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
subjunctive
swn active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
participles
active
passive
active
passive
perfect
swn.n active + .tj 1 , .tw 2 —
—
perfective
swn active + .tj 1 , .tw 2 swn swn , swnw 5 , swny 5
imperfective
swn , swny , swnw 5 active + .tj 1 , .tw 2 swn , swnj 6 , swny 6 swn , swnw 5
prospective
swn , swntj 7 —
swnwtj 1 4 , swntj 4 , swnt 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 .s .sj .sn .snj .sn
Only in the masculine singular.
Only in the masculine.
Only in the feminine.
Alternative forms [ edit ]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of swn
Synonyms [ edit ] Derived terms [ edit ] References [ edit ] Erman, Adolf , Grapow, Hermann (1930 ) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache [1] →ISBN pages 68.1–68.2, 68.16–68.17 Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962 ) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian , Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN pages 216–217 Pronunciation [ edit ] swn (not mutable )
first-person singular conditional colloquial of bod 
