dgj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /dɛɡi/
  • Conventional anglicization: degi

Verb

 3ae inf.

1. (intransitive) to look
2. (intransitive or transitive) to look at [with n or r or transitive ‘someone/something’]

Inflection

Conjugation of dgj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: dg, geminated stem: dgg

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural dgt, dgj dgw, dg dgt, dgwt, dgyt dg dg, dgy ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 dg8, dgg8 ḥr dgt, ḥr dgj m dgt, m dgj r dgt, r dgj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect dg.n dgw, dg, dgy consecutive dg.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative dgt, dgyt perfective3 dg active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 dg.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective dg, dgy active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 dgw, dg, dgy dgw, dg, dgy potentialis1 dg.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive dg, dgy active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect dg.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective dgw1, dgy, dg active + .tj1, .tw2 dg dgy, dg imperfective dgg, dggy, dggw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 dgg, dggj6, dggy6 dgg, dggw5 prospective dgw1, dgy, dg, dgtj7 — dgwtj1 4, dgtj4, dgt4 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 dgj  

dgꜣj

Verb

 3ae inf.

1. (transitive) to conceal, to hide (something)
2. (intransitive) to hide, to be(come) hidden

Inflection

Conjugation of dgj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: dg, geminated stem: dgg

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural dgt, dgj dgw, dg dgt, dgwt, dgyt dg dg, dgy ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 dg8, dgg8 ḥr dgt, ḥr dgj m dgt, m dgj r dgt, r dgj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect dg.n dgw, dg, dgy consecutive dg.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative dgt, dgyt perfective3 dg active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 dg.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective dg, dgy active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 dgw, dg, dgy dgw, dg, dgy potentialis1 dg.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive dg, dgy active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect dg.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective dgw1, dgy, dg active + .tj1, .tw2 dg dgy, dg imperfective dgg, dggy, dggw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 dgg, dggj6, dggy6 dgg, dggw5 prospective dgw1, dgy, dg, dgtj7 — dgwtj1 4, dgtj4, dgt4 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.

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 189.
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, pages 147, 164