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Egyptian
Pronunciation
Verb
3-lit.
- (transitive) to prepare (beds or skins) for sleeping (in some unclear way); to make the bed
Usage notes
Attested only twice, both times in the Admonitions of Ipuwer. It is possible that the word is to be identified with ꜣd (“to smear (a pot)?”), with both of them perhaps meaning ‘to smooth’ or something similar.[1]
Inflection
Conjugation of ꜣdt (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ꜣdt, geminated stem: ꜣdtt
| 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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ꜣdt
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ꜣdtw, ꜣdt
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ꜣdtt
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ꜣdt
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ꜣdt
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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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ꜣdt
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ḥr ꜣdt
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m ꜣdt
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r ꜣdt
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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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ꜣdt.n
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ꜣdtw, ꜣdt
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consecutive
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ꜣdt.jn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| terminative
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ꜣdtt
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| perfective3
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ꜣdt
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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obligative1
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ꜣdt.ḫr
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| imperfective
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ꜣdt
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| prospective3
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ꜣdt
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ꜣdtt
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potentialis1
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ꜣdt.kꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| subjunctive
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ꜣdt
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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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ꜣdt.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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ꜣdt
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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ꜣdt
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ꜣdt, ꜣdtw5, ꜣdty5
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| imperfective
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ꜣdt, ꜣdty, ꜣdtw5
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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ꜣdt, ꜣdtj6, ꜣdty6
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ꜣdt, ꜣdtw5
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| prospective
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ꜣdt, ꜣdttj7
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—
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ꜣdttj4, ꜣdtt4
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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 hieroglyphic writings of ꜣdt
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 25.4
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 7
- ^ Grapow, Hermann, et al. (1897–1939) Das digitalisierte Zettelarchiv des “Wörterbuches der ägyptischen Sprache” (DZA), Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, published 1999, DZA 20.092.010
