ḏꜣjs

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑis/
  • Conventional anglicization: djais

Noun

 m

1. argument
2. civil war

Usage notes

There is an alternative hieroglyphic writing with a spearman determinative, which is used specifically for the civil war meaning.

Inflection

Declension of ḏꜣjs (masculine)

singular	ḏꜣjs
dual	ḏꜣjswj
plural	ḏꜣjsw

Verb

 4-lit.

1. (intransitive, with ḥnꜥ) argue
2. (transitive) oppose

Inflection

Conjugation of ḏꜣjs (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: ḏꜣjs

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ḏꜣjs ḏꜣjsw, ḏꜣjs ḏꜣjst ḏꜣjs ḏꜣjs ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ḏꜣjs ḥr ḏꜣjs m ḏꜣjs r ḏꜣjs suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect ḏꜣjs.n ḏꜣjsw, ḏꜣjs consecutive ḏꜣjs.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative ḏꜣjst perfective3 ḏꜣjs active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 ḏꜣjs.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective ḏꜣjs active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 ḏꜣjsw, ḏꜣjs ḏꜣjsw, ḏꜣjs potentialis1 ḏꜣjs.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive ḏꜣjs active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect ḏꜣjs.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective ḏꜣjs active + .tj1, .tw2 ḏꜣjs ḏꜣjs, ḏꜣjsw5, ḏꜣjsy5 imperfective ḏꜣjs, ḏꜣjsy, ḏꜣjsw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 ḏꜣjs, ḏꜣjsj6, ḏꜣjsy6 ḏꜣjs, ḏꜣjsw5 prospective ḏꜣjs, ḏꜣjstj7 — ḏꜣjswtj1 4, ḏꜣjstj4, ḏꜣjst4 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.