English Online Dictionary. What means pn? What does pn mean?
English
Preposition
pn
- (stenoscript) Abbreviation of upon.
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /pɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: pen
Determiner
m sg proximal demonstrative determiner
- this, that
Usage notes
This demonstrative was originally a determiner but could later be used alone, like a pronoun. When used as a determiner it follows the noun it describes.
It forms a contrastive pair with the demonstrative pf, in which pn is proximal.
In Old Egyptian this form was occasionally used in place of the plural jpn. Whether this should be interpreted as a mere summarily written variant of jpn or as a genuine use of the singular for the plural is unclear.
Inflection
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 54–55.
- Edel, Elmar (1955-1964) Altägyptische Grammatik, volume 1, Rome: Pontificium Institutum Biblicum, § 182 et seq., page 83 et seq.
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN