ḏꜥr

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑːr/
  • Conventional anglicization: djar

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to seek out

Inflection

Conjugation of ḏꜥr (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ḏꜥr, geminated stem: ḏꜥrr

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ḏꜥr ḏꜥrw, ḏꜥr ḏꜥrt ḏꜥr ḏꜥr ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ḏꜥr ḥr ḏꜥr m ḏꜥr r ḏꜥr suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect ḏꜥr.n ḏꜥrw, ḏꜥr consecutive ḏꜥr.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative ḏꜥrt perfective3 ḏꜥr active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 ḏꜥr.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective ḏꜥr active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 ḏꜥr ḏꜥrr potentialis1 ḏꜥr.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive ḏꜥr active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect ḏꜥr.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective ḏꜥr active + .tj1, .tw2 ḏꜥr ḏꜥr, ḏꜥrw5, ḏꜥry5 imperfective ḏꜥr, ḏꜥry, ḏꜥrw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 ḏꜥr, ḏꜥrj6, ḏꜥry6 ḏꜥr, ḏꜥrw5 prospective ḏꜥr, ḏꜥrtj7 — ḏꜥrtj4, ḏꜥrt4 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.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḏꜥr  

ḏꜥr	ḏꜥ	ḏꜥ	ḏꜥr

Descendants

• Akhmimic Coptic: ϫⲟⲩⲗⲉ (čoule)
• Bohairic Coptic: ϭⲱⲗ (cōl)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ϫⲟⲗⲉ (čole)
• Sahidic Coptic: ϫⲱⲗⲉ (čōle)

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 258, 330, 393.