nḏnḏ

nḏnḏ

Egyptian

Etymology

Reduplication of nḏ.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

 4-lit.

1. (intransitive) to consult, to ask for advice (+ ḥnꜥ or + m-ꜥ: to consult with, to ask (someone) for advice)

Inflection

Conjugation of nḏnḏ (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: nḏnḏ

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
nḏnḏ	nḏnḏw, nḏnḏ	nḏnḏt	nḏnḏ	nḏnḏ

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	nḏnḏ.n	consecutive	nḏnḏ.jn
terminative	nḏnḏt
perfective3	nḏnḏ	obligative	nḏnḏ.ḫr
imperfective	nḏnḏ
prospective3	nḏnḏw, nḏnḏ	potentialis	nḏnḏ.kꜣ
subjunctive	nḏnḏ

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	nḏnḏ.n	—	—
perfective	nḏnḏ	nḏnḏ	nḏnḏ, nḏnḏw5, nḏnḏy5
imperfective	nḏnḏ, nḏnḏy, nḏnḏw5	nḏnḏ, nḏnḏj6, nḏnḏy6	nḏnḏ, nḏnḏw5
prospective	nḏnḏ, nḏnḏtj7	nḏnḏwtj1 4, nḏnḏtj4, nḏnḏt4
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, page 189.