nḏnḏ

Egyptian

Etymology

Reduplication of nḏ.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛd͡ʒnɛd͡ʒ/
  • Conventional anglicization: nedjnedj

Verb

 4-lit.

1. (intransitive) to consult, to ask for advice (+ ḥnꜥ or + m-ꜥ: to consult with, to ask (someone) for advice)

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural nḏnḏ nḏnḏw, nḏnḏ nḏnḏt nḏnḏ nḏnḏ ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 nḏnḏ ḥr nḏnḏ m nḏnḏ r nḏnḏ suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect nḏnḏ.n consecutive nḏnḏ.jn terminative nḏnḏt perfective3 nḏnḏ obligative1 nḏnḏ.ḫr imperfective nḏnḏ prospective3 nḏnḏw, nḏnḏ potentialis1 nḏnḏ.kꜣ subjunctive nḏnḏ verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect nḏnḏ.n — — perfective nḏnḏ nḏnḏ nḏnḏ, nḏnḏw5, nḏnḏy5 imperfective nḏnḏ, nḏnḏy, nḏnḏw5 nḏnḏ, nḏnḏj6, nḏnḏy6 nḏnḏ, nḏnḏw5 prospective nḏnḏ, nḏnḏtj7 nḏnḏwtj1 4, nḏnḏtj4, nḏnḏt4 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 189.