sn

sn

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

sn

1. (Internet) Abbreviation of screenname.

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

sn

1. (anatomy) liver

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

⁠ m

1. brother

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

• Erichsen, Wolja (1954) Demotisches Glossar, Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard, pages 435–436

Related to snwj (“two”). Compare with Migaama sin and Blin šan.^[1]

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

 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

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

 pl 3. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun

1. they, them (see 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.

Compare with Hausa sansana (“to smell”).

 2-lit.

1. (transitive) to kiss
   • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 132–134:

     jr qn{n}.k rwḏ jb.k mḥ.k qnj.k m ẖrdw.k sn.k ḥmt.k mꜣ.k pr.k

     If you are stalwart, with your mind firm, you will fill your embrace with your children, you will kiss your wife, and you will see your home.

2. (transitive) to smell

• snsn
• sn-tꜣ

• 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

sn

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

sn c

1. Abbreviation of socken (“parish”).

   Piteå sn

   parish of Piteå

• hd

• n.s.