# sn
## Translingual
### Symbol

sn
* (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Shona.
* (mathematics) elliptic sine

## English
### Noun

sn
* (Internet) Abbreviation of screenname.

### Anagrams

* n's, N/S, Ns, n.s., ns, N. S., N.S., 'ns, NS, N's

## Abinomn
### Noun

sn
* (anatomy) liver

## Demotic
### Pronunciation

* (Bohairic, Sahidic) IPA: /son/
* (Akhmimic, Fayyumic) IPA: /san/

### Noun

⁠ m
* brother

#### Descendants

* Coptic: ⲥⲟⲛ (son) (Sahidic, Bohairic), ⲥⲁⲛ (san) (Fayyumic, Akhmimic)

### References

* Erichsen, Wolja (1954) Demotisches Glossar, Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard, pages 435–436

## Egyptian
### Etymology 1

Related to snwj (“two”). Compare with Migaama sin and Blin šan.

#### Pronunciation

* (reconstructed) IPA: /san/ → /san/ → /san/ → /san/
* (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA: /san/(singular); IPA: /saˈnuːwaw/ (plural)
* (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA: /san/(singular); IPA: /saˈnuːwaw/ (plural)
* (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA: /san/(singular); IPA: /səˈnuːwə/ (plural)
* (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA: /san/(singular); IPA: /səˈneːw/ (plural)
* (modern Egyptological) IPA: /sɛn/
** Conventional anglicization: sen

#### Noun

m
* brother
* (by extension) any closely related male family member, such as a cousin, uncle, or nephew
* male lover or suitor
* husband
* (usually in the plural) a person of equal status who belongs to the same group or shares common characteristics; fellow
* coworker, colleague
* one of two opposing disputants in court, litigant

##### Derived terms

* sn-n-mwt
* snt
* qbḥ-snw.f

##### Descendants

* Demotic: ⁠ (sn)
** Coptic: ⲥⲟⲛ (son) (Sahidic, Bohairic), ⲥⲁⲛ (san) (Fayyumic, Akhmimic)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronoun

pl 3. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun
* they, them (see usage notes)

##### Usage notes

This form of pronoun is an enclitic that must directly follow the word it modifies. Its meaning depends on its context:
* When it follows a verb, it indicates the object of the verb.
* In the second and third person when it follows an adjective, it forms the subject of an adjectival sentence.
* When it follows a relative adjective, such as ntj, ntt, or jsṯ, it indicates the subject of the relative clause (usually only in the first person singular and third person common).
* When it follows an imperative, it indicates the subject or the object of the verb.
* When it follows a particle like m.k, it indicates the subject of the clause.
* When attached to a preposition, it indicates the object of the preposition.

##### Alternative forms

| sn | sn | sn |

### Etymology 3

Compare with Hausa sansana (“to smell”).

#### Verb

2-lit.
* (transitive) to kiss
** c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 132–134: jr qn{n}.k rwḏ jb.k mḥ.k qnj.k m ẖrdw.k sn.k ḥmt.k mꜣ.k pr.kIf you are stalwart, with your mind firm, you will fill your embrace with your children, you will kiss your wife, and you will see your home.
* (transitive) to smell

##### Derived terms

* snsn
* sn-tꜣ

### 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 51.
* Revez, J. (2003) “The Metaphorical Use of the Kinship Term sn ‘Brother’”, in Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, volume 40, pages 123–131
* ↑ https://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/query.cgi?basename=\data\semham\afaset
* ↑ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 46, 53, 55

## Italian
### Verb

sn
* (text messaging, slang) Abbreviation of sono.

## Swedish
### Noun

sn c
* Abbreviation of socken (“parish”).
    Piteå snparish of Piteå

#### See also

* hd

### Anagrams

* n.s.