nḏrj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛd͡ʒɛri/
  • Conventional anglicization: nedjeri

Verb

 4ae inf.

1. (intransitive) to grab hold
2. (transitive) to seize, to grab hold of

Inflection

Conjugation of nḏrj (fourth weak / 4ae inf. / IV. inf.) — base stem: nḏr

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural nḏrt, nḏrj nḏrw, nḏryw, nḏr nḏrt, nḏrwt, nḏryt nḏr nḏr, nḏry ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 nḏr8 ḥr nḏrt, ḥr nḏrj m nḏrt, ḥr nḏrj r nḏrt, ḥr nḏrj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect nḏr.n nḏrw, nḏr, nḏry consecutive nḏr.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative nḏrt perfective3 nḏr active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 nḏr.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective nḏr, nḏry active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 nḏrw, nḏr, nḏry nḏr potentialis1 nḏr.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive nḏr, nḏry active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect nḏr.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective nḏrw1, nḏry, nḏr active + .tj1, .tw2 nḏr nḏry, nḏr imperfective nḏr, nḏry, nḏrw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 nḏr, nḏrj6, nḏry6 nḏr, nḏrw5 prospective nḏrw1, nḏry, nḏr, nḏrtj7 — nḏrwtj1 4, nḏrtj4, nḏrt4 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.

Synonyms

• ꜣmm
• ḫfꜥ
• jṯj

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.