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 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.

Synonyms

• dꜣ
• nk
• nhp

References

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