nn

nn

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Norwegian Nynorsk.

nn (not comparable)

1. (Philippines, Singapore) Alternative form of NN (“noon”).

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: nen

 proximal demonstrative pronoun

1. this, that
   • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 149–150:

     ꜥḥꜥ.n sbt.n.f jm.j m nn ḏd.n.j m nf m jb.f ḏd.f n.j (j)n wr n.k ꜥntjw ḫpr.t(j) ⟨m⟩ nb sntr

     Then he laughed at me – and at this that I’d said – as being wrong to his mind, saying to me: Are you abundant in myrrh, turned into a lord of incense?^[1]

This demonstrative is a pronoun, and so does not directly modify nouns. In Middle Egyptian it becomes used as a demonstrative for plural nouns in place of the old adjectives jpn and jptn. When used in this way, it precedes the noun, with the genitival adjective n(j) in between, e.g. "these feet" is nn n(j) rdw (literally "this of feet").

It forms a contrastive pair with the demonstrative pronoun nf, in which nn is proximal.

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nn  

nn

Oréal hypothesizes an origin in a contraction of nj (negative particle) +‎ wn (“exists”), following Vergote and rejecting an earlier hypothesis by Osing and Loprieno that would suggest an origin in nj (negative particle) +‎ jn.^[2]

 proclitic

1. (since Middle Egyptian, with a following noun or pronoun) there is no, there are no; introduces an independent negated existential clause
   • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 99–101:

     wꜥ jm nb mꜥkꜣ jb.f nḫt ꜥ.f r snnw.f nn wḫꜣ m ḥr(j) jb.sn

     Each one of them, his mind was more observant and his arm was stronger than his fellow’s. There was no fool in their midst.

   • c. 1859 BCE – 1813 BCE, The Loyalist Teaching (Stele of Sehetepibre/Cairo CG 20538 Verso) line 19:^[3]

     nn jz n sbj ḥr ḥm.f jw ẖꜣt.f m qmꜣ n mw

     There is no tomb for a rebel against His Majesty; his corpse is thrown to the water.

2. (since Middle Egyptian, with a following noun or pronoun) without; there not being any …; introduces a subordinated negated existential clause
   • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 6–8:

     jzwt.n jj.t(j) ꜥd.t(j) nn nhw n mšꜥ.n

     Our crew has returned intact, without loss to our expedition.

3. (since Middle Egyptian) not; negates an adverbial or adjectival sentence
   • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 130–131:

     ḫpr.n r.s nn wj ḥnꜥ(w) ꜣm.nj nn wj m ḥr(j) jb.sn

     But it happened while I wasn’t with them, and they burned up while I wasn’t in their midst.

4. (since Middle Egyptian) not; negates a subjunctive main clause with future meaning
5. (since Middle Egyptian, uncommon) not; negates a nominal sentence [since the 12th Dynasty]
6. (since Middle Egyptian, used without anything negated following) or not; contrasts with a preceding clause or phrase

• When negating an adverbial or adjectival sentence, this particle stands near the beginning of the negated sentence, before the subject, but it can be preceded by other particles. It is followed by a nominal subject, a demonstrative pronoun, or a dependent pronoun as subject.

• When (exceptionally) negating a nominal sentence, this particle either pairs with the particle js like the ordinary negative particle for nominal sentences, nj, or simply stands by itself at the beginning of the sentence.

• nn zp

• >? Late Egyptian: bn

• 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, 194, 414.
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
• Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN

1. IPA^(key): /n̪ˠ/, /n̠ʲ/

nn (upper case Nn)

1. A digraph in Irish orthography

nn

1. (Internet slang, text messaging, slang) Abbreviation of non (“not”).

nn

1. Rōmaji transcription of んー

nn

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative form of n (“not”)

nn m (uncountable)

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative form of n (“no”)

nn

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative form of n (“no”)