ḏꜣj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑi/
  • Conventional anglicization: djai

Verb

 3ae inf.

1. (transitive) to cross (a body of water)
   • c. 1401 BCE, Amduat of Amenhotep II (tomb of Amenhotep II, KV35) First Hour, closing text, line 11:

     ṯwt nṯr pw ḏꜣ wnwwt ḥtp.k wjꜣ ḫpr(j)

     You are this god who sails across the hours as you rest in the barque of Khepri.

2. (transitive) to ferry (a person)

Inflection

Conjugation of ḏꜣj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: ḏꜣ, geminated stem: ḏꜣꜣ

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ḏꜣt, ḏꜣj ḏꜣw, ḏꜣ ḏꜣt, ḏꜣwt, ḏꜣyt ḏꜣ ḏꜣ, ḏꜣy ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ḏꜣ8, ḏꜣꜣ8 ḥr ḏꜣt, ḥr ḏꜣj m ḏꜣt, m ḏꜣj r ḏꜣt, r ḏꜣj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect ḏꜣ.n ḏꜣw, ḏꜣ, ḏꜣy consecutive ḏꜣ.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative ḏꜣt, ḏꜣyt perfective3 ḏꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 ḏꜣ.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective ḏꜣ, ḏꜣy active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 ḏꜣw, ḏꜣ, ḏꜣy ḏꜣw, ḏꜣ, ḏꜣy potentialis1 ḏꜣ.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive ḏꜣ, ḏꜣy active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect ḏꜣ.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective ḏꜣw1, ḏꜣy, ḏꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 ḏꜣ ḏꜣy, ḏꜣ imperfective ḏꜣꜣ, ḏꜣꜣy, ḏꜣꜣw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 ḏꜣꜣ, ḏꜣꜣj6, ḏꜣꜣy6 ḏꜣꜣ, ḏꜣꜣw5 prospective ḏꜣw1, ḏꜣy, ḏꜣ, ḏꜣtj7 — ḏꜣwtj1 4, ḏꜣtj4, ḏꜣt4 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

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḏꜣj  

ḏꜣj	ḏꜣj

Derived terms

• ḏꜣj tꜣ
• ḏꜣt

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 194, 243, 256.