njs

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See also: NJS

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb

nisA26

 3-lit.

  1. (intransitive, with n or r, or transitive) to call to or call upon
    • c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Kagemni (pPrisse/pBN 183) lines 2.3–2.4:
      r
      a      		 inTAt
      A1      		 nistA2nAiif
      n      		 X
      r      		 dwA17AA1
      Z2
      mxt
      x t      		 D54a
      r      		 qarqA2fz
      x      		 rY1r
      T      		 A1 B1
      Z2      		 bM17t
      W10      		 bHA2sn
      Z2      		 miiit
      D54      		 HrZ1r
      f
      rdj.jn ṯꜣt(j) njs.t(w) nꜣy.f n(j) ẖrdw m ḫt ꜥrq.f sḫr r(m)ṯw bj(ꜣ)t.sn m jjt ḥr.f
      So the vizier let his children be summoned after he understood the conduct of people, their character being what had come upon him.

Inflection

Conjugation of njs (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: njs, geminated stem: njss
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
njs
 njsw, njs
 njst
 njs
 njs
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
njs
 ḥr njs
 m njs
 r njs
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect njs.n
 njsw, njs
 consecutive njs.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative njst
perfective3 njs
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative1 njs.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective njs
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 njs
 njss
 potentialis1 njs.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive njs
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect njs.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective njs
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 njs
 njs, njsw5, njsy5
imperfective njs, njsy, njsw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 njs, njsj6, njsy6
 njs, njsw5
prospective njs, njstj7
 — njstj4, njst4

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, pages 251, 394.
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