ḏꜥ
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɑː/
- Conventional anglicization: dja
Noun
m
- storm, stormwind [since the Old Kingdom]
- c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 30–32:
- sr.sn ḏꜥ nj jjt nšnj nj ḫprt.f
- They could predict a stormwind before it came or a thunderstorm before it happened.
- (Late Egyptian) altercation; fierce exchange of words
- (medicine) flatulence
Inflection
Declension of ḏꜥ (masculine)
singular | ḏꜥ |
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dual | ḏꜥwj |
plural | ḏꜥw |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḏꜥ
ḏꜥ | ḏꜥ | ḏꜥ | ||||||||||
[Old and New Kingdom] | [Late Period] | [20th Dynasty] | ||||||||||
sportive writing |
Descendants
- Akhmimic Coptic: ϫⲟ (čo)
Verb
2-lit.
- (intransitive, medicine, of a person) to fart
- (intransitive, of the sky) to be(come) stormy [Greco-Roman Period]
Inflection
Conjugation of ḏꜥ (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: ḏꜥ, geminated stem: ḏꜥꜥ
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
ḏꜥ | ḏꜥw, ḏꜥ | ḏꜥt | ḏꜥ, j.ḏꜥ | ḏꜥ, j.ḏꜥ |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
ḏꜥ | ḥr ḏꜥ | m ḏꜥ | r ḏꜥ |
suffix conjugation | |||
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aspect / mood | active | contingent | |
aspect / mood | active | ||
perfect | ḏꜥ.n | consecutive | ḏꜥ.jn |
terminative | ḏꜥt | ||
perfective3 | ḏꜥ | obligative1 | ḏꜥ.ḫr |
imperfective | ḏꜥ, j.ḏꜥ1 | ||
prospective3 | ḏꜥ | potentialis1 | ḏꜥ.kꜣ |
subjunctive | ḏꜥ, j.ḏꜥ1 |
verbal adjectives | |||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | |
active | active | passive | |
perfect | ḏꜥ.n | — | — |
perfective | ḏꜥ | ḏꜥ | ḏꜥꜥ, ḏꜥꜥj6, ḏꜥ2, ḏꜥw2 5, ḏꜥy2 5 |
imperfective | j.ḏꜥ1, ḏꜥ, ḏꜥy, ḏꜥw5 | j.ḏꜥ1, j.ḏꜥw1 5, ḏꜥ, ḏꜥj6, ḏꜥy6 | ḏꜥ, ḏꜥw5 |
prospective | ḏꜥ, ḏꜥtj7 | ḏꜥtj4, ḏꜥt4 | |
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Noun
m
- The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
- a type of agricultural work [Old Kingdom]
Noun
m
- a type of bread
Inflection
Declension of ḏꜥ (masculine)
singular | ḏꜥ |
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dual | ḏꜥwj |
plural | ḏꜥw |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḏꜥ
ḏꜥ |
Verb
2-lit.
- (transitive) to spearfish, to catch by spearfishing [Middle Kingdom]
Inflection
Conjugation of ḏꜥ (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: ḏꜥ, geminated stem: ḏꜥꜥ
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
ḏꜥ | ḏꜥw, ḏꜥ | ḏꜥt | ḏꜥ, j.ḏꜥ | ḏꜥ, j.ḏꜥ |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
ḏꜥ | ḥr ḏꜥ | m ḏꜥ | r ḏꜥ |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | ḏꜥ.n | ḏꜥw, ḏꜥ | consecutive | ḏꜥ.jn | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | ḏꜥt | ||||
perfective3 | ḏꜥ | active + .tj1, .tw2 | obligative1 | ḏꜥ.ḫr | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | ḏꜥ, j.ḏꜥ1 | active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | ḏꜥ | ḏꜥꜥ | potentialis1 | ḏꜥ.kꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | ḏꜥ, j.ḏꜥ1 | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | ḏꜥ.n | active + .tj1, .tw2 | — | — |
perfective | ḏꜥ | active + .tj1, .tw2 | ḏꜥ | ḏꜥꜥ, ḏꜥꜥj6, ḏꜥ2, ḏꜥw2 5, ḏꜥy2 5 |
imperfective | j.ḏꜥ1, ḏꜥ, ḏꜥy, ḏꜥw5 | active + .tj1, .tw2 | j.ḏꜥ1, j.ḏꜥw1 5, ḏꜥ, ḏꜥj6, ḏꜥy6 | ḏꜥ, ḏꜥw5 |
prospective | ḏꜥ, ḏꜥtj7 | — | ḏꜥtj4, ḏꜥt4 | |
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Verb
- Variant form of ḏꜥr (“to seek”)
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḏꜥ
ḏꜥ |
Verb
- (hapax) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: [19th Dynasty]
- (transitive) to lay waste, to desolate
- (intransitive) to be laid waste, to be(come) desolate
- 19th Dynasty, Merneptah’s Libyan war inscription at Karnak:
- jw.s ḏꜥ.tj m hꜣw tp(j)w-ꜥ
- It was laid waste in the time of the ancestors
- 19th Dynasty, Merneptah’s Libyan war inscription at Karnak:
Descendants
- Coptic: ϫⲁⲓⲉ (čaie, “desert”)
References
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 533.11–534.13