# smn
## Translingual
### Symbol

smn
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Inari Sámi.

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Inari Sami terms

## English
### Pronoun

smn
* (text messaging) Abbreviation of someone.

## Egyptian
### Etymology 1

s- (causative prefix) +‎ mn (“to be established, to remain”).

#### Pronunciation

* (reconstructed) IPA: /siˈmiːnit/, /ˈsimnit/ → /siˈmiːniʔ/, /ˈsimniʔ/ → /səˈmiːna/, /ˈsemna/ → /səˈmiːnə/, /ˈsemnə/
* (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA: /siˈmiːnit/, /ˈsimnit/ (infinitive)
* (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA: /siˈmiːniʔ/, /ˈsimniʔ/ (infinitive)
* (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA: /səˈmiːna/, /ˈsemna/ (infinitive)
* (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA: /səˈmiːnə/, /ˈsemnə/ (infinitive)
* (modern Egyptological) IPA: /sɛmɛn/
** Conventional anglicization: semen

#### Verb

caus. 2-lit.
* (transitive) to establish, to fix, to set
** (transitive) to set up, to fix, to set firmly in place (a throne, a crown, a person, ornaments) (+ n: for (someone); + ḥr: on)
** (transitive) to set up, to lastingly establish (something abstract: borders, laws, righteousness, festivals, someone’s rank, etc.)
*** c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 23–24: smn mꜣꜥt n nb.s rdjw sꜣ r jsftRighteousness has been established for its possessor, and the back is turned on wrong.
** (transitive) to finish creating, to establish, to make fast (the sky or earth)
** (transitive) to erect, to establish, to build (a building, part of a building, monument, or stela) (+ ḥr, m, or r: at (a place))
** (transitive) to reattach (severed body parts)
** (transitive) to fortify (the heart/mind), to make firm, steadfast, unwavering, stouthearted, especially in battle
*** c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Kagemni (pPrisse/pBN 183) lines 1.5–1.6: jw jkn n(j) mw ꜥḫm.f jbt jw mḥ{t}⟨w⟩ r(ꜣ) m šww smn.f jbFor a cup of water quenches thirst, for a mouthful of šww-herbs makes the heart firm.
** (transitive) to make (one’s legs or feet) steadfast or firm of step
** (transitive) to tighten (a knot), to secure (a rope)
** (transitive) to set (a person) upright, on one's feet (as opposed to lying down, inverted, etc.)
** (transitive) to appoint (a person) (+ m: to (an office))
* (transitive) to make endure, stay, remain (+ ḥr: upon (a place))
* (transitive) to immortalize in writing, to write down with the intention of preserving
* (transitive) to bring (a land) into order
* (reflexive) to settle or fix oneself in place, to plant oneself (+ m: in (something); + r ḥꜣt: in front of (someone); + r: against (someone))
* (reflexive, imperative) hold position, stand fast
* (intransitive, Late Egyptian) to stand still, to not move
* (intransitive, Late Egyptian) to hold position in battle (+ r ḥꜣt: in the face of; + ḥr: on (the battlefield))
* (intransitive, Late Egyptian) to halt, to stop moving
* (intransitive, Late Egyptian) to stick, to stay, to remain fixed, to endure
* (intransitive, Late Egyptian) to dwell, to stay in a place
* (intransitive, Late Egyptian) to be found at a place

##### Usage notes

The infinitive of this verb is treated as feminine.

##### Inflection

infinitival forms
imperative
infinitive
negatival complement
complementary infinitive$^1$
singular
plural
smnt, smn
smnw, smn
smnt
smn
smn
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem
periphrastic imperfective$^2$
periphrastic prospective$^2$
smn
ḥr smn
m smn
r smn
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood
active
passive
contingent
aspect / mood
active
passive
perfect
smn.n
smnw, smn
consecutive
smn.jn
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
terminative
smnt
perfective$^3$
smn
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
obligative$^1$
smn.ḫr
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
imperfective
smn
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
prospective$^3$
smnw, smn, smny
smnw, smn, smny
potentialis$^1$
smn.kꜣ
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
subjunctive
smn
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
participles
active
passive
active
passive
perfect
smn.n
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
perfective
smn
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
smn
smn, smnw$^5$, smny$^5$
imperfective
smn, smny, smnw$^5$
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
smn, smnj$^6$, smny$^6$
smn, smnw$^5$
prospective
smn, smntj$^7$
smnwtj$^{14}$, smntj$^4$, smnt$^4$
$^1$ 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

| smn | smn | smn | smn | smn |
| [Old Kingdom] | [since the Middle Kingdom] | [since the Middle Kingdom] | [since the Middle Kingdom] | [Late Period] |
| | | | in hieratic | rare |

##### Descendants

* Akhmimic Coptic: ⲥⲙⲓⲛⲉ (smine)
* Bohairic Coptic: ⲥⲉⲙⲛⲓ (semni)
* Fayyumic Coptic: ⲥⲉⲙⲛⲓ (semni), ⲥⲙⲓⲛⲓ (smini)
* Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲥⲙⲛⲛⲉ (smnne)
* Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲙⲓⲛⲉ (smine)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (modern Egyptological) IPA: /sɛmɛn/
** Conventional anglicization: semen

#### Noun

m
* a kind of goose

##### Descendants

* Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲙⲟⲩⲛⲉ (smoune)

### References

* “smn (lemma ID 851677)”, 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
* “smn (lemma ID 135180)”, 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 (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 131–134.22, 136.2–136.4
* Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 228
* James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 157, 210.
* ↑ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 53