nš

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ns"

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛʃ/
  • Conventional anglicization: nesh

Verb

 2-lit.

1. (transitive) to drive forth, to expel

Inflection

Conjugation of nš (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: nš, geminated stem: nšš

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
nš	nšw, nš	nšt	nš, j.nš	nš, j.nš

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	nš.n	nšw, nš	consecutive	nš.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	nšt
perfective3	nš	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	nš.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	nš, j.nš1	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	nš	nšš	potentialis1	nš.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	nš, j.nš1	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	nš.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	nš	active + .tj1, .tw2	nš	nšš, nššj6, nš2, nšw2 5, nšy2 5
imperfective	j.nš1, nš, nšy, nšw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	j.nš1, j.nšw1 5, nš, nšj6, nšy6	nš, nšw5
prospective	nš, nštj7	—	nštj4, nšt4
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.

Verb

 2-lit.

1. (transitive, with šnj as object) to dress (the hair)

Usage notes

Most likely this is the same verb as the preceding, with the meaning developing from ‘drive forth’.

Inflection

Conjugation of nš (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: nš, geminated stem: nšš

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
nš	nšw, nš	nšt	nš, j.nš	nš, j.nš

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	nš.n	nšw, nš	consecutive	nš.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	nšt
perfective3	nš	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	nš.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	nš, j.nš1	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	nš	nšš	potentialis1	nš.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	nš, j.nš1	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	nš.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	nš	active + .tj1, .tw2	nš	nšš, nššj6, nš2, nšw2 5, nšy2 5
imperfective	j.nš1, nš, nšy, nšw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	j.nš1, j.nšw1 5, nš, nšj6, nšy6	nš, nšw5
prospective	nš, nštj7	—	nštj4, nšt4
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.

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 273.