snm

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ wnm (“to eat”).

Pronunciation

Verb
snmmA2

 caus. 2-lit.

  1. (transitive) to feed (someone)

Inflection
Conjugation of snm (causative biliteral / caus. 2-lit. / caus. 2rad.) — base stem: snm
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
snmt, snm
 snmw, snm
 snmt
 snm
 snm
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
snm
 ḥr snm
 m snm
 r snm
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect snm.n
 snmw, snm
 consecutive snm.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative snmt
perfective3 snm
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative1 snm.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective snm
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 snmw, snm, snmy
 snmw, snm, snmy
 potentialis1 snm.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive snm
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect snm.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective snm
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 snm
 snm, snmw5, snmy5
imperfective snm, snmy, snmw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 snm, snmj6, snmy6
 snm, snmw5
prospective snm, snmtj7
 — snmwtj1 4, snmtj4, snmt4
  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.

References
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 35.
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