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Egyptian
Pronunciation
Verb
3-lit.
- (transitive) to worship, to praise
c. 1401 BCE,
Amduat of Amenhotep II (tomb of Amenhotep II, KV35) First Hour, closing text, lines 12–13:
- dwꜣ ṯw nṯrwt wrn{n}⟨z⟩ jꜣw n.k n(j) hnwyt
- The goddesses of Wern⟨es⟩ praise you; the adoration of the rejoicing ones is yours.
Inflection
Conjugation of dwꜣ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: dwꜣ, geminated stem: dwꜣꜣ
| 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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dwꜣ
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dwꜣw, dwꜣ
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dwꜣt
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dwꜣ
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dwꜣ
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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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dwꜣ
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ḥr dwꜣ
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m dwꜣ
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r dwꜣ
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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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dwꜣ.n
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dwꜣw, dwꜣ
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consecutive
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dwꜣ.jn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| terminative
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dwꜣt
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| perfective3
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dwꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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obligative1
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dwꜣ.ḫr
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| imperfective
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dwꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| prospective3
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dwꜣ
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dwꜣꜣ
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potentialis1
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dwꜣ.kꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| subjunctive
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dwꜣ
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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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dwꜣ.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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dwꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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dwꜣ
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dwꜣ, dwꜣw5, dwꜣy5
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| imperfective
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dwꜣ, dwꜣy, dwꜣw5
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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dwꜣ, dwꜣj6, dwꜣy6
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dwꜣ, dwꜣw5
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| prospective
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dwꜣ, dwꜣtj7
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—
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dwꜣtj4, dwꜣt4
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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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Derived terms
References
- James P Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 348.
