jdn

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Egyptian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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Verb

id
n		 idn
Y1

 3-lit.

  1. (transitive) to serve in place of (someone), to represent or replace; to be a lieutenant, deputy, or proxy for
  2. (transitive, with st as object) to take (someone’s place), to serve in (someone’s role or position)
  3. (transitive) to govern, to administer
  4. (transitive, figuratively) to serve as (something), to take the role of (something)
Inflection
Conjugation of jdn (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: jdn, geminated stem: jdnn
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
jdn
 jdnw, jdn
 jdnt
 jdn
 jdn
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
jdn
 ḥr jdn
 m jdn
 r jdn
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect jdn.n
 jdnw, jdn
 consecutive jdn.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative jdnt
perfective3 jdn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative1 jdn.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective jdn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 jdn
 jdnn
 potentialis1 jdn.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive jdn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect jdn.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective jdn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 jdn
 jdn, jdnw5, jdny5
imperfective jdn, jdny, jdnw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 jdn, jdnj6, jdny6
 jdn, jdnw5
prospective jdn, jdntj7
 — jdntj4, jdnt4

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.

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jdn  
id
n		 idn
D40
it
nw		 idn
jdn jtnw

Etymology 2

Compare Proto-Semitic *ʔuḏn- (“ear”) (whence Arabic أذن and Hebrew אוזן).

Noun

idn

 m

  1. (rare) ear
    Synonym: msḏr
Inflection
Declension of jdn (masculine)
singular jdn
dual jdnwj
plural jdnw

References

  1. ^ Takács, Gábor (1999) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 1, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 36, →ISBN
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