rḏj

rḏj

See also: RDJ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

 anom.

1. (transitive) to give
2. (transitive) to put, to set, to place (+ ḥr: to assign to do; + m or + r: to appoint as)
3. (catenative, with a verb in the subjunctive) to cause, make, let, allow

Inflection

Conjugation of rḏj (anomalous / anom.) — base stem: rḏj, ḏj, geminated stem: ḏḏ

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
rḏjt, ḏjt	rḏj	—	jmj, ḏj	jmj, ḏj, ḏy

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
rḏj6, ḏj6	ḥr rḏjt, ḥr ḏjt	m rḏjt, m ḏjt	r rḏjt, r ḏjt

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	rḏj.n, ḏj.n	rḏj, rḏjw, rḏy, ḏj, ḏjw, ḏy	consecutive	rḏj.jn, ḏj.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	—
perfective3	rḏj	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative	rḏj.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	ḏj	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	rḏj, rḏjw	rḏj, rḏjw	potentialis	rḏj.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	ḏj	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	rḏj.n, ḏj.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	rḏj, ḏj	active + .tj1, .tw2	rḏj, ḏj	rḏy, rḏj, ḏy, ḏj
imperfective	ḏḏ, ḏḏw, ḏḏy	active + .tj1, .tw2	ḏḏ	ḏḏ, ḏḏw5
prospective	—	—	rḏjtj4, rḏjt4
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. Third-person masculine statives of this verb often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

Alternative forms

By Middle Egyptian times, this verb had most likely become rdj, although sometimes written identically to its older form.

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of rḏj  

rḏj	rdj	rdj	rdj	rtj
[chiefly Old Kingdom]	[Middle Kingdom]	[Middle Kingdom]	[Late Period]	[Late Period]

Derived terms

• pꜣ-dj-bꜣstt
• rḏj mꜣꜥ r
• rḏj m ḥr
• ḥtp-ḏj
• ḥtp-ḏj-nswt
• ḏj ꜥnḫ
• ḏj ꜥnḫ ḏd wꜣs
• ḏḏw-ms
• ḏḏt-jmn

 

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 357 page 159, 357.
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 93–94
• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 464–468