pḏ

See also: pd, PD, P.D., p.d., and pꜣḏ

Egyptian

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Afroasiatic *pVg-.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /pɛd͡ʒ/
  • Conventional anglicization: pedj

Verb

 2-lit.

1. (transitive) to stretch out, to spread out
2. (transitive) to draw (a bow)

Inflection

Conjugation of pḏ (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: pḏ, geminated stem: pḏḏ

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural pḏ pḏw, pḏ pḏt pḏ, j.pḏ pḏ, j.pḏ ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 pḏ ḥr pḏ m pḏ r pḏ suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect pḏ.n pḏw, pḏ consecutive pḏ.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative pḏt perfective3 pḏ active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 pḏ.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective pḏ, j.pḏ1 active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 pḏ pḏḏ potentialis1 pḏ.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive pḏ, j.pḏ1 active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect pḏ.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective pḏ active + .tj1, .tw2 pḏ pḏḏ, pḏḏj6, pḏ2, pḏw2 5, pḏy2 5 imperfective j.pḏ1, pḏ, pḏy, pḏw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 j.pḏ1, j.pḏw1 5, pḏ, pḏj6, pḏy6 pḏ, pḏw5 prospective pḏ, pḏtj7 — pḏtj4, pḏt4 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.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of pḏ  

pd

Derived terms

• pḏw
• pḏwj
• pḏpḏ
• pḏt
• pḏ nmtt
• pḏ šs

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 567