nꜥꜥ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɑːʔɑː/
  • Conventional anglicization: naa

Verb

 2ae gem.

1. (intransitive) to be smooth or finely ground

Inflection

Conjugation of nꜥꜥ (second geminate / 2ae gem. / II. gem.) — base stem: nꜥ, geminated stem: nꜥꜥ

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
nꜥꜥ8	nꜥꜥ	nꜥꜥt	nꜥꜥ, nꜥ	nꜥꜥ, nꜥ

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
nꜥꜥ, nꜥ	ḥr nꜥꜥ	m nꜥꜥ	r nꜥꜥ

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	nꜥꜥ.n, nꜥ.n	consecutive	nꜥ.jn
terminative	nꜥꜥt
perfective3	nꜥ	obligative1	nꜥꜥ.ḫr
imperfective	nꜥꜥ
prospective3	nꜥꜥ	potentialis1	nꜥ.kꜣ
subjunctive	nꜥ

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	nꜥ.n	—	—
perfective	nꜥ	nꜥ	nꜥ, nꜥw5, nꜥy5
imperfective	nꜥꜥ, nꜥꜥy, nꜥꜥw5	nꜥꜥ, nꜥꜥj6, nꜥꜥy6	nꜥꜥ, nꜥꜥw5
prospective	nꜥ, nꜥtj7	nꜥꜥtj4, nꜥꜥt4
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. nꜥ before suffix pronouns.

References

• Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, § 22, page 31