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Egyptian
Pronunciation
Verb
3-lit.
- (intransitive, of meat or fat) to be(come) fatty
- (intransitive, of animals) to be(come) fat
- (intransitive, of cereals) to ripen, to be(come) ripe
- (intransitive, of fields) to to be(come) ripe with grain
- (transitive, of the Nile) to make ripe, to ripen (grain or fields)
Inflection
Conjugation of ḏdꜣ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ḏdꜣ, geminated stem: ḏdꜣꜣ
| infinitival forms
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imperative
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| infinitive
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negatival complement
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complementary infinitive1
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singular
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plural
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ḏdꜣ
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ḏdꜣw, ḏdꜣ
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ḏdꜣt
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ḏdꜣ
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ḏdꜣ
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| ‘pseudoverbal’ forms
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| stative stem
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periphrastic imperfective2
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periphrastic prospective2
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ḏdꜣ
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ḥr ḏdꜣ
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m ḏdꜣ
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r ḏdꜣ
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| suffix conjugation
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| aspect / mood
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active
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passive
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contingent
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| aspect / mood
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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ḏdꜣ.n
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ḏdꜣw, ḏdꜣ
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consecutive
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ḏdꜣ.jn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| terminative
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ḏdꜣt
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| perfective3
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ḏdꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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obligative1
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ḏdꜣ.ḫr
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| imperfective
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ḏdꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| prospective3
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ḏdꜣ
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ḏdꜣꜣ
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potentialis1
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ḏdꜣ.kꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| subjunctive
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ḏdꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| verbal adjectives
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| aspect / mood
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relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
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participles
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| active
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passive
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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ḏdꜣ.n
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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—
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—
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| perfective
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ḏdꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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ḏdꜣ
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ḏdꜣ, ḏdꜣw5, ḏdꜣy5
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| imperfective
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ḏdꜣ, ḏdꜣy, ḏdꜣw5
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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ḏdꜣ, ḏdꜣj6, ḏdꜣy6
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ḏdꜣ, ḏdꜣw5
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| prospective
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ḏdꜣ, ḏdꜣtj7
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—
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ḏdꜣtj4, ḏdꜣt4
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- Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
- Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
- 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.
- Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn.
- Only in the masculine singular.
- Only in the masculine.
- Only in the feminine.
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Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḏdꜣ
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| ḏdꜣ
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| of meat, fat, or animals
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Descendants
- Sahidic Coptic: ϫⲧⲁⲓ (čtai)
Noun
m
- fat
- part of a plant used medicinally. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
- pith
Inflection
Declension of ḏdꜣ (masculine)
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḏdꜣ
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 631.3–632.6
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 325
