nṯrj

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Egyptian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

nTrT
r

 4ae inf.

  1. (intransitive) to be(come) divine
  2. (transitive) to make divine
Inflection
Conjugation of nṯrj (fourth weak / 4ae inf. / IV. inf.) — base stem: nṯr, geminated stem: nṯrr
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
nṯr
nṯrw, nṯryw, nṯr
nṯrt, nṯrwt, nṯryt
nṯr
nṯr, nṯry
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
nṯr8
ḥr nṯr
m nṯr
r nṯr
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect nṯr.n
nṯrw, nṯr, nṯry
consecutive nṯr.jn
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative nṯrt
perfective3 nṯr
active + .tj1, .tw2
obligative1 nṯr.ḫr
active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective nṯr, nṯry
active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 nṯrw, nṯr, nṯry
nṯrr
potentialis1 nṯr.kꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive nṯr, nṯry
active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect nṯr.n
active + .tj1, .tw2
perfective nṯrw1, nṯry, nṯr
active + .tj1, .tw2
nṯr
nṯry, nṯr
imperfective nṯrr, nṯrry, nṯrrw5
active + .tj1, .tw2
nṯrr, nṯrrj6, nṯrry6
nṯrr, nṯrrw5
prospective nṯrw1, nṯry, nṯr, nṯrtj7
nṯrwtj1 4, nṯrtj4, nṯrt4

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.
8 Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Nisba adjectival form of nṯr (god), suffixed with -j.

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

nTrX1
D21
Z4
Y1
  1. divine, holy
Inflection
Declension of nṯrj (nisba adjective)
masculine feminine
singular nṯrj
nṯrt
dual nṯrjwj, nṯrwj
nṯrtj
plural nṯrjw, nṯrw
nṯrwt1, nṯrt2
1 Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun.
2 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.
Alternative forms
Derived terms

Noun

nTrX1
D21
Z4 Z5
W

 m

  1. magic rope
Inflection
Declension of nṯrj (masculine)
singular nṯrj
dual nṯrjwj
plural nṯrjw

Noun

R9

 m

  1. natron
Inflection
Declension of nṯrj (masculine)
singular nṯrj
dual nṯrjwj
plural nṯrjw
Descendants

References

  1. ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 53