nṯrj

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

 4ae inf.

  1. (intransitive) to be(come) divine
  2. (transitive) to make divine
Inflection
Conjugation of nṯrj (fourth weak / 4ae inf. / IV. inf.) — base stem: nṯr, geminated stem: nṯrr
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
nṯr
 nṯrw, nṯryw, nṯr
 nṯrt, nṯrwt, nṯryt
 nṯr
 nṯr, nṯry
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
nṯr8
 ḥr nṯr
 m nṯr
 r nṯr
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect nṯr.n
 nṯrw, nṯr, nṯry
 consecutive nṯr.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative nṯrt
perfective3 nṯr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative nṯr.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective nṯr, nṯry
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 nṯrw, nṯr, nṯry
 nṯrr
 potentialis nṯr.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive nṯr, nṯry
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect nṯr.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective nṯrw1, nṯry, nṯr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 nṯr
 nṯry, nṯr
imperfective nṯrr, nṯrry, nṯrrw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 nṯrr, nṯrrj6, nṯrry6
 nṯrr, nṯrrw5
prospective nṯrw1, nṯry, nṯr, nṯrtj7
 — nṯrwtj1 4, nṯrtj4, nṯrt4
  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.
  8. Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nṯrj  
ntrj

Etymology 2

Nisba adjectival form of nṯr (“god”), suffixed with -j.

Pronunciation
 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /nucˈɾij/ → /nutˈɾij/ → /nətˈɾeʔ/

Adjective


  1. divine, holy
Inflection
Declension of nṯrj (nisba adjective)
masculine feminine
singular nṯrj
 nṯrt
dual nṯrjwj, nṯrwj
 nṯrtj
plural nṯrjw, nṯrw
 nṯrwt1, nṯrt2
  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.
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nṯrj  
nṯrj nṯrj nṯrj
Derived terms

Noun


 m

  1. magic rope
Inflection
Declension of nṯrj (masculine)
singular nṯrj
dual nṯrjwj
plural nṯrjw

Noun

 m

  1. natron
Inflection
Declension of nṯrj (masculine)
singular nṯrj
dual nṯrjwj
plural nṯrjw
Descendants

References
  • Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 375.
  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 366.8–366.11
  1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 53
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