dwꜣ

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Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb

dwAAA30

 3-lit.

  1. (transitive) to worship, to praise
    • c. 1401 BCE, Amduat of Amenhotep II (tomb of Amenhotep II, KV35) First Hour, closing text, lines 12–13:
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      T
      r
      t
      I12
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      wr
      r
      n
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      N33A
      n
      k
      nh
      n
      wiitI12
      N33A
      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 imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
dwꜣ
dwꜣw, dwꜣ
dwꜣt
dwꜣ
dwꜣ
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
dwꜣ
ḥr dwꜣ
m dwꜣ
r dwꜣ
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect dwꜣ.n
dwꜣw, dwꜣ
consecutive dwꜣ.jn
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative dwꜣt
perfective3 dwꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
obligative1 dwꜣ.ḫr
active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective dwꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 dwꜣ
dwꜣꜣ
potentialis1 dwꜣ.kꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive dwꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect dwꜣ.n
active + .tj1, .tw2
perfective dwꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
dwꜣ
dwꜣ, dwꜣw5, dwꜣy5
imperfective dwꜣ, dwꜣy, dwꜣw5
active + .tj1, .tw2
dwꜣ, dwꜣj6, dwꜣy6
dwꜣ, dwꜣw5
prospective dwꜣ, dwꜣtj7
dwꜣtj4, dwꜣt4

1 Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
2 Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
3 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.
4 Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. 5 Only in the masculine singular.
6 Only in the masculine.
7 Only in the feminine.

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.