sdꜣ

See also: sḏꜣ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛdɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: seda

Etymology 1

Noun

 m

1. Eurasian bittern, Botaurus stellaris

Inflection

Declension of sdꜣ (masculine)

singular	sdꜣ
dual	sdꜣwj
plural	sdꜣw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sdꜣ  

sdꜣ	sd

Etymology 2

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to tremble, to quake (+ n or tp ꜥ: before (someone))
2. (transitive) to make tremble

Inflection

Conjugation of sdꜣ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: sdꜣ, geminated stem: sdꜣꜣ

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural sdꜣ sdꜣw, sdꜣ sdꜣt sdꜣ sdꜣ ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 sdꜣ ḥr sdꜣ m sdꜣ r sdꜣ suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect sdꜣ.n sdꜣw, sdꜣ consecutive sdꜣ.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative sdꜣt perfective3 sdꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 sdꜣ.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective sdꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 sdꜣ sdꜣꜣ potentialis1 sdꜣ.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive sdꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect sdꜣ.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective sdꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 sdꜣ sdꜣ, sdꜣw5, sdꜣy5 imperfective sdꜣ, sdꜣy, sdꜣw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 sdꜣ, sdꜣj6, sdꜣy6 sdꜣ, sdꜣw5 prospective sdꜣ, sdꜣtj7 — sdꜣtj4, sdꜣt4 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 sdꜣ  

sdꜣ	sd	stꜣ
		[Late Period]

Derived terms

• sdꜣdꜣ

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 365.14–366.12
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 256