dꜣdꜣ

See also: ḏꜣḏꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

Reduplication of dꜣ (“to copulate”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /dɑdɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: dada

Verb

 4-lit.

1. (intransitive) to copulate or masturbate

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
dꜣdꜣ	dꜣdꜣw, dꜣdꜣ	dꜣdꜣt	dꜣdꜣ	dꜣdꜣ

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
dꜣdꜣ	ḥr dꜣdꜣ	m dꜣdꜣ	r dꜣdꜣ

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	dꜣdꜣ.n	consecutive	dꜣdꜣ.jn
terminative	dꜣdꜣt
perfective3	dꜣdꜣ	obligative1	dꜣdꜣ.ḫr
imperfective	dꜣdꜣ
prospective3	dꜣdꜣw, dꜣdꜣ	potentialis1	dꜣdꜣ.kꜣ
subjunctive	dꜣdꜣ

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	dꜣdꜣ.n	—	—
perfective	dꜣdꜣ	dꜣdꜣ	dꜣdꜣ, dꜣdꜣw5, dꜣdꜣy5
imperfective	dꜣdꜣ, dꜣdꜣy, dꜣdꜣw5	dꜣdꜣ, dꜣdꜣj6, dꜣdꜣy6	dꜣdꜣ, dꜣdꜣw5
prospective	dꜣdꜣ, dꜣdꜣtj7	dꜣdꜣwtj1 4, dꜣdꜣtj4, dꜣdꜣt4
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 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. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Synonyms

• dꜣ
• nk
• nhp

References

• Dickson, Paul (2006) Dictionary of Middle Egyptian in Gardiner Classification Order‎^[1]