sn

English Online Dictionary. What means sn‎? What does sn mean?

Translingual

Symbol

sn

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

English

Noun

sn

1. (Internet) Abbreviation of screenname.

Anagrams

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

Abinomn

Noun

sn

1. (anatomy) liver

Demotic

Etymology

Pronunciation

• (Bohairic, Sahidic) IPA^(key): /son/
• (Akhmimic, Fayyumic) IPA^(key): /san/

Noun

⁠ m

1. 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

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: sen

Noun

 m

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

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

Pronoun

 pl 3. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun

1. 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.

Inflection

Alternative forms

Etymology 3

Compare with Hausa sansana (“to smell”).

Verb

 2-lit.

1. (transitive) to kiss
2. (transitive) to smell

Inflection

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

Italian

Verb

sn

1. (text messaging, slang) Abbreviation of sono.

Swedish

Noun

sn c

1. Abbreviation of socken (“parish”).

See also

• hd

Anagrams

• n.s.