English
mds
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of merchandise and related forms of that word (merchandising, merchandised, merchandiser, etc.)
Egyptian
Etymology
Related to ds (“knife”).
Pronunciation
Verb
3-lit.
- (intransitive) to be(come) sharp
- (intransitive) to be(come) violent
Inflection
Conjugation of mds (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: mds, geminated stem: mdss
| infinitival forms
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imperative
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| infinitive
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negatival complement
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complementary infinitive1
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singular
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plural
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mds
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mdsw, mds
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mdst
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mds
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mds
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| ‘pseudoverbal’ forms
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| stative stem
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periphrastic imperfective2
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periphrastic prospective2
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mds
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ḥr mds
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m mds
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r mds
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| suffix conjugation
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| aspect / mood
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active
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contingent
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| aspect / mood
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active
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| perfect
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mds.n
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consecutive
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mds.jn
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| terminative
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mdst
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| perfective3
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mds
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obligative1
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mds.ḫr
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| imperfective
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mds
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| prospective3
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mds
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potentialis1
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mds.kꜣ
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| subjunctive
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mds
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| verbal adjectives
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| aspect / mood
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relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
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participles
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| active
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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mds.n
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—
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—
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| perfective
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mds
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mds
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mds, mdsw5, mdsy5
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| imperfective
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mds, mdsy, mdsw5
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mds, mdsj6, mdsy6
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mds, mdsw5
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| prospective
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mds, mdstj7
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mdstj4, mdst4
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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, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn.
5 Only in the masculine singular.
6 Only in the masculine.
7 Only in the feminine.
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mds
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 183.1–183.13
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 123
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /mewˈdews/ [meʊ̯ˈdeʊ̯s]
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /mewˈdews/ [meʊ̯ˈdeʊ̯s]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mewˈdewʃ/ [mewˈðewʃ]
Interjection
mds
- (Internet slang, text messaging) abbreviation of meu Deus (“oh my God”)