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Egyptian
Pronunciation
Verb
3-lit.
- (intransitive) to be(come) small or little in size
- (intransitive) to be(come) lesser in rank or degree
- (intransitive, of the function of body parts) to be(come) feeble or faint
Inflection
Conjugation of nḏs (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: nḏs, geminated stem: nḏss
| 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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nḏs
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nḏsw, nḏs
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nḏst
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nḏs
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nḏs
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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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nḏs
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ḥr nḏs
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m nḏs
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r nḏs
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| suffix conjugation
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| aspect / mood
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active
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contingent
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| aspect / mood
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active
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| perfect
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nḏs.n
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consecutive
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nḏs.jn
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| terminative
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nḏst
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| perfective3
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nḏs
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obligative1
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nḏs.ḫr
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| imperfective
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nḏs
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| prospective3
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nḏs
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potentialis1
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nḏs.kꜣ
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| subjunctive
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nḏs
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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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active
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passive
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| perfect
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nḏs.n
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—
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—
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| perfective
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nḏs
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nḏs
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nḏs, nḏsw5, nḏsy5
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| imperfective
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nḏs, nḏsy, nḏsw5
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nḏs, nḏsj6, nḏsy6
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nḏs, nḏsw5
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| prospective
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nḏs, nḏstj7
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nḏstj4, nḏst4
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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
Adjective
- perfective active participle of nḏs: small, feeble
Inflection
Declension of nḏs (perfective active participle)
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masculine
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feminine
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| singular
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nḏs
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nḏst
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| dual
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nḏswj
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nḏstj
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| plural
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nḏsw
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nḏswt1, nḏst2
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- Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun.
- From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural.
In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.
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Noun
m
- person physically small in size
- commoner, poor or lowly person
- (by extension) person, individual
- Reign of Amenemhat II or Senusret II, c. 1929–1878 BCE, Stela of Hekaib (Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, AP 78):
- jnk nḏs jqr ḏd m r(ꜣ).f
- I was an excellent individual, one who spoke with his mouth.
Inflection
Declension of nḏs (masculine)
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 384.8–385.13
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 145
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 104
