nḏnḏ

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Egyptian

Etymology

Reduplication of nḏ.

Pronunciation

Verb

n&D n&D nDA2

 4-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to consult, to ask for advice (+ ḥnꜥ or + m-ꜥ: to consult with, to ask (someone) for advice)

Inflection

Conjugation of nḏnḏ (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: nḏnḏ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
nḏnḏ
nḏnḏw, nḏnḏ
nḏnḏt
nḏnḏ
nḏnḏ
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
nḏnḏ
ḥr nḏnḏ
m nḏnḏ
r nḏnḏ
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect nḏnḏ.n
consecutive nḏnḏ.jn
terminative nḏnḏt
perfective3 nḏnḏ
obligative1 nḏnḏ.ḫr
imperfective nḏnḏ
prospective3 nḏnḏw, nḏnḏ
potentialis1 nḏnḏ.kꜣ
subjunctive nḏnḏ
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active active passive
perfect nḏnḏ.n
perfective nḏnḏ
nḏnḏ
nḏnḏ, nḏnḏw5, nḏnḏy5
imperfective nḏnḏ, nḏnḏy, nḏnḏw5
nḏnḏ, nḏnḏj6, nḏnḏy6
nḏnḏ, nḏnḏw5
prospective nḏnḏ, nḏnḏtj7
nḏnḏwtj1 4, nḏnḏtj4, nḏnḏt4

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.

References

  • James P Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 189.