nḏs

See also: nDs and NDs

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb

 3-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to be(come) small
  2. (intransitive) to be(come) feeble

Inflection
Conjugation of nḏs (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: nḏs, geminated stem: nḏss
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
nḏs
 nḏsw, nḏs
 nḏst
 nḏs
 nḏs
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
nḏs
 ḥr nḏs
 m nḏs
 r nḏs
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect nḏs.n
 consecutive nḏs.jn
terminative nḏst
perfective3 nḏs
 obligative nḏs.ḫr
imperfective nḏs
prospective3 nḏs
 potentialis nḏs.kꜣ
subjunctive nḏs
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active active passive
perfect nḏs.n
 — —
perfective nḏs
 nḏs
 nḏs, nḏsw5, nḏsy5
imperfective nḏs, nḏsy, nḏsw5
 nḏs, nḏsj6, nḏsy6
 nḏs, nḏsw5
prospective nḏs, nḏstj7
 nḏstj4, nḏst4
  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, plural .sn.
  5. Only in the masculine singular.
  6. Only in the masculine.
  7. Only in the feminine.

Adjective
  1. small
  2. feeble

Inflection
Declension of nḏs (perfective active participle)
masculine feminine
singular nḏs
 nḏst
dual nḏswj
 nḏstj
plural nḏsw
 nḏswt1, nḏst2
  1. Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun.
  2. From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural.
    In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.

Derived terms

Noun

 m

  1. a commoner, a poor person
  2. (by extension) a person, an individual
    • Stela of Hekaib, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, AP 78:



      jnk nḏs jqr ḏd m r(ꜣ).f
      I was an excellent individual, one who spoke with his own mouth.

Inflection
Declension of nḏs (masculine)
singular nḏs
dual nḏswj
plural nḏsw

References
  • Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 104
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