nḏꜣḏꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

Reduplication of nḏꜣ.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛd͡ʒɑd͡ʒɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: nedjadja

Verb

 5-lit.

1. (intransitive) to be(come) runny or watery

Inflection

Conjugation of nḏꜣḏꜣ (quinquiliteral / 5-lit. / 5rad.) — base stem: nḏꜣḏꜣ

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural nḏꜣḏꜣ nḏꜣḏꜣw, nḏꜣḏꜣ nḏꜣḏꜣt nḏꜣḏꜣ nḏꜣḏꜣ ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 nḏꜣḏꜣ ḥr nḏꜣḏꜣ m nḏꜣḏꜣ r nḏꜣḏꜣ suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect nḏꜣḏꜣ.n consecutive nḏꜣḏꜣ.jn terminative nḏꜣḏꜣt perfective3 nḏꜣḏꜣ obligative1 nḏꜣḏꜣ.ḫr imperfective nḏꜣḏꜣ prospective3 nḏꜣḏꜣw, nḏꜣḏꜣ potentialis1 nḏꜣḏꜣ.kꜣ subjunctive nḏꜣḏꜣ verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect nḏꜣḏꜣ.n — — perfective nḏꜣḏꜣ nḏꜣḏꜣ nḏꜣḏꜣ, nḏꜣḏꜣw5, nḏꜣḏꜣy5 imperfective nḏꜣḏꜣ, nḏꜣḏꜣy, nḏꜣḏꜣw5 nḏꜣḏꜣ, nḏꜣḏꜣj6, nḏꜣḏꜣy6 nḏꜣḏꜣ, nḏꜣḏꜣw5 prospective nḏꜣḏꜣ, nḏꜣḏꜣtj7 nḏꜣḏꜣwtj1 4, nḏꜣḏꜣtj4, nḏꜣḏꜣt4 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.

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 207.