fn

See also: Fn, FN, fN, fn., f'n, and f.n.

English

Noun

fn (plural fns)

Abbreviation of footnote.
Abbreviation of function.
(informal, Internet slang, esports) Abbreviation of Fortnite.

Anagrams

N. F., NF

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /fɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: fen

Verb

2-lit.

(intransitive) to be(come) miserable or weak

Inflection

Conjugation of fn (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: fn, geminated stem: fnn

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
fn	fnw, fn	fnt	fn, j.fn	fn, j.fn

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective²		periphrastic prospective²
fn	ḥr fn	m fn	r fn

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
aspect / mood	active	aspect / mood	active
perfect	fn.n	consecutive	fn.jn
terminative	fnt	consecutive	fn.jn
perfective³	fn	obligative¹	fn.ḫr
imperfective	fn, j.fn¹	obligative¹	fn.ḫr
prospective³	fn	potentialis¹	fn.kꜣ
subjunctive	fn, j.fn¹	potentialis¹	fn.kꜣ

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
aspect / mood	active	active	passive
perfect	fn.n	—	—
perfective	fn	fn	fnn, fnnj⁶, fn², fnw^{2 5}, fny^{2 5}
imperfective	j.fn¹, fn, fny, fnw⁵	j.fn¹, j.fnw^{1 5}, fn, fnj⁶, fny⁶	fn, fnw⁵
prospective	fn, fntj⁷	fntj⁴, fnt⁴

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 .snj, plural .sn. ⁵ Only in the masculine singular.
⁶ Only in the masculine.
⁷ Only in the feminine.

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 100.

Gothic

Romanization

fn

romanization of 𐍆𐌽