njs

njs

Egyptian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive, with n or r, or transitive) to call to or call upon

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
njs	njsw, njs	njst	njs	njs

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
njs	ḥr njs	m njs	r njs

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	njs.n	njsw, njs	consecutive	njs.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	njst
perfective3	njs	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative	njs.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	njs	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	njs	njss	potentialis	njs.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	njs	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	njs.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	njs	active + .tj1, .tw2	njs	njs, njsw5, njsy5
imperfective	njs, njsy, njsw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	njs, njsj6, njsy6	njs, njsw5
prospective	njs, njstj7	—	njstj4, njst4
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, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 394 page 251, 394.