# mn
## Translingual
### Symbol

mn
* (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Mongolian.

## English
### Etymology 1
#### Numeral

mn
* (chiefly British, Commonwealth except Canada, Ireland) Abbreviation of million.

##### Alternative forms

* mn.
* mln. / mln

##### Coordinate terms

* bn (billion)
* tn (trillion)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

mn
* (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of mean.
** 2008 January–February, Chris Rodell, “Small talk, big results”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, →ISSN, page 80:Sure, we may use cellphones and e-mail hundreds of times a week, but we say very little. […] Most of our talk, even in privileged IM circles, is no deeper than the words we exchange with the pizza guy. […] U C wt I mn?

### Etymology 3
#### Adverb

mn (not comparable)
* (Philippines) Alternative form of MN (“midnight”).

### Anagrams

* nm, NM, Nm, /nm, n/m, N.M.

## Dutch
### Pronoun

mn
* (text messaging) Nonstandard form of m'n.

## Egyptian
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (reconstructed) IPA: /maːn/ → /maːn/ → /maːn/ → /moːn/
* (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA: /maːn/ (infinitive)
* (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA: /maːn/ (infinitive)
* (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA: /maːn/ (infinitive)
* (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA: /moːn/ (infinitive)
* (modern Egyptological) IPA: /mɛn/
** Conventional anglicization: men

#### Verb

2-lit.
* (intransitive) to be(come) established, to be(come) fixed or set
** c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 22–23: šfyt ḥtp.n.s st.s fꜣw mn(.w) r hpw.fDignity, it has taken its seat, and magnificence is established according to his laws.
* (intransitive) to stick, to stay, to remain fixed, to endure (+ m: in (a place), as (a role); + ḥr: on (a seat, throne, foundation, etc.), in (one’s rightful place); + ẖr: with, having)
* (intransitive, of the heart/mind) to be firm, steadfast, unwavering, stouthearted, especially in battle
* (intransitive, of the legs or feet) to be firm of step, steadfast
* (intransitive, Late Egyptian, mathematics) to be(come) left over, to be(come) the remainder or amount remaining

##### Inflection

infinitival forms
imperative
infinitive
negatival complement
complementary infinitive$^1$
singular
plural
mn
mnw, mn
mnt
mn, j.mn
mn, j.mn
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem
periphrastic imperfective$^2$
periphrastic prospective$^2$
mn
ḥr mn
m mn
r mn
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood
active
contingent
aspect / mood
active
perfect
mn.n
consecutive
mn.jn
terminative
mnt
perfective$^3$
mn
obligative$^1$
mn.ḫr
imperfective
mn, j.mn$^1$
prospective$^3$
mn
potentialis$^1$
mn.kꜣ
subjunctive
mn, j.mn$^1$
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
participles
active
active
passive
perfect
mn.n
perfective
mn
mn
mnn, mnnj$^6$, mn$^2$, mnw$^{25}$, mny$^{25}$
imperfective
j.mn$^1$, mn, mny, mnw$^5$
j.mn$^1$, j.mnw$^{15}$, mn, mnj$^6$, mny$^6$
mn, mnw$^5$
prospective
mn, mntj$^7$
mntj$^4$, mnt$^4$
$^1$ 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

| mn | mn | mn |
| [since the Middle Kingdom] | [since the 18th Dynasty] | [since the 18th Dynasty] |

##### Derived terms

* jmn
* mn-pḥtj-rꜥ
* mn-nfr
* mn-ḫpr-rꜥ
* mn-kꜣw-rꜥ
* mn-kꜣw-ḥr
* smn

##### Descendants

* Sahidic Coptic: ⲙⲟⲩⲛ (moun)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (modern Egyptological) IPA: /mɛn/
** Conventional anglicization: men

#### Noun

m
* substitute for an unknown male name; so-and-so, N.N. [since the Pyramid Texts]

##### Usage notes

Sometimes accompanied by the demonstrative pn (“this”).

##### Alternative forms

| mn | mn | mn |
| [Old Kingdom] | [since the 18th Dynasty] | [since the 18th Dynasty] |

##### Derived terms

* mn n
* mnt

##### Descendants

* Bohairic Coptic: ⲙⲁⲛ (man)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (modern Egyptological) IPA: /mɛn/
** Conventional anglicization: men

#### Verb

2-lit.
* (intransitive) to suffer, to be sick
* (transitive) to suffer from (an ailment)
* (transitive) to feel pain or have an ailment in (a body part)
* (transitive) to be troubled about (something)

##### Inflection

infinitival forms
imperative
infinitive
negatival complement
complementary infinitive$^1$
singular
plural
mn
mnw, mn
mnt
mn, j.mn
mn, j.mn
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem
periphrastic imperfective$^2$
periphrastic prospective$^2$
mn
ḥr mn
m mn
r mn
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood
active
passive
contingent
aspect / mood
active
passive
perfect
mn.n
mnw, mn
consecutive
mn.jn
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
terminative
mnt
perfective$^3$
mn
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
obligative$^1$
mn.ḫr
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
imperfective
mn, j.mn$^1$
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
prospective$^3$
mn
mnn
potentialis$^1$
mn.kꜣ
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
subjunctive
mn, j.mn$^1$
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
participles
active
passive
active
passive
perfect
mn.n
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
perfective
mn
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
mn
mnn, mnnj$^6$, mn$^2$, mnw$^{25}$, mny$^{25}$
imperfective
j.mn$^1$, mn, mny, mnw$^5$
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
j.mn$^1$, j.mnw$^{15}$, mn, mnj$^6$, mny$^6$
mn, mnw$^5$
prospective
mn, mntj$^7$
mntj$^4$, mnt$^4$
$^1$ 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

| mn | mn | mn |
| [Old Kingdom] | [since the Middle Kingdom] | [Late Period] |

##### Derived terms

* mnt

#### Noun

m
* sick or suffering man [since the 18th Dynasty]

##### Inflection
### References

* “mn (lemma ID 69590)”, “mn (lemma ID 69600)”, “mn (lemma ID 69610)”, “mn (lemma ID 69660)”, and “mn (lemma ID 69670)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎, Corpus issue 18, Web app version 2.1.5, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–26 July 2023
* Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 60.6–62.26, 63.11, 64.13–65.2, 66.18–67.5
* Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, pages 106–107
* James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 183, 216, 309.
* ↑ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 36, 53

## Vietnamese
### Noun

mn
* (slang, Internet, text messaging) Initialism of mọi người.