šn

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈʃuːnVj/ → /ˈʃuːnVj/ → /ˈʃuːnə/ → /ˈʃeːn/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʃuːnVj/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʃuːnVj/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʃuːnə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʃeːn/; compare the Akkadian transcription in Neo-Assyrian [Term?] (/⁠-sini⁠/)

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ʃɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: shen

Noun

 m

1. tree

Inflection

Declension of šn (masculine)

singular	šn
dual	šnwj
plural	šnw

Derived terms

• šn-bnr

Descendants

• Coptic: ϣⲏⲛ (šēn)
• Bohairic Coptic: ϣϣⲏⲛ (ššēn)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ϣⲉⲛ (šen), ϣϣⲉⲛ (ššen)