mnmn

Egyptian

Etymology

Perhaps by metathesis from the earlier-attested nmnm (“to move about, to quiver”).

Pronunciation

Verb
mn
n		 mn
n		 D54

 4-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to move
  2. (intransitive) to move back and forth, to quake, to wobble
    • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 59–60:
      xt
      t Z1      		 Z2
      Hr Z1      		 gmmgmmZ10tA
      N23 Z1      		 HrZ1mn
      n      		 mn
      n      		 D54
      ḫtw ḥr gmgm tꜣ ḥr mnmn
      Trees were breaking, the ground was quaking.
  3. (transitive) to move

Inflection
Conjugation of mnmn (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: mnmn
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
mnmn
 mnmnw, mnmn
 mnmnt
 mnmn
 mnmn
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
mnmn
 ḥr mnmn
 m mnmn
 r mnmn
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect mnmn.n
 mnmnw, mnmn
 consecutive mnmn.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative mnmnt
perfective3 mnmn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative1 mnmn.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective mnmn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 mnmnw, mnmn
 mnmnw, mnmn
 potentialis1 mnmn.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive mnmn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect mnmn.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective mnmn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 mnmn
 mnmn, mnmnw5, mnmny5
imperfective mnmn, mnmny, mnmnw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 mnmn, mnmnj6, mnmny6
 mnmn, mnmnw5
prospective mnmn, mnmntj7
 — mnmnwtj1 4, mnmntj4, mnmnt4
  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.

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mnmn  
mn
n		 mn
n		 Z9
D40
mnmn
[since the New Kingdom]

Descendants
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲙⲟⲛⲙⲉⲛ (monmen)

References
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