nqdd

Egyptian

Etymology

n- +‎ qdd (“to sleep”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛkdɛd/
  • Conventional anglicization: neqded

Verb

 3ae gem.

1. (intransitive) to sleep

Inflection

Conjugation of nqdd (third geminate / 3ae gem. / III. gem.) , geminated stem: nqdd

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural nqdd nqdd nqddt nqdd nqdd ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 nqdd ḥr nqdd m nqdd r nqdd suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect nqdd.n consecutive nqdd.jn terminative nqddt perfective3 nqdd obligative1 nqdd.ḫr imperfective nqdd prospective3 nqddw, nqdd potentialis1 nqdd.kꜣ subjunctive nqdd verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect nqdd.n — — perfective nqdd nqdd nqdd, nqddw5, nqddy5 imperfective nqdd, nqddy, nqddw5 nqdd, nqddj6, nqddy6 nqdd, nqddw5 prospective nqdd, nqddtj7 nqddwtj1 4, nqddtj4, nqddt4 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.

Descendants

• Demotic: jnqty, nqty
  • Akhmimic Coptic: ⲛ̄ⲕⲁⲧⲉ (n̄kate)
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲉⲛⲕⲟⲧ (enkot)
  • Fayyumic Coptic: ⲉⲛⲕⲁⲧⲕ (enkatk)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲛ̄ⲕⲟⲧⲕ (n̄kotk)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 345.1