nḏs

See also: nds, nDs, NDs, and -nds

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈnaːcʼas/ → /ˈnaːtʼas/ → /ˈnaːtʼəs/ → /ˈnoːtʼəs/

Verb

 3-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to be(come) small or little in size
  2. (intransitive) to be(come) lesser in rank or degree
  3. (intransitive, of the function of body parts) to be(come) feeble or faint

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
 obligative1 nḏs.ḫr
imperfective nḏs
prospective3 nḏs
 potentialis1 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, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. 5 Only in the masculine singular.
6 Only in the masculine.
7 Only in the feminine.

Derived terms

Adjective
  1. perfective active participle of nḏs: small, 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.

Noun

 m

  1. person physically small in size
  2. commoner, poor or lowly person
  3. (by extension) person, individual
    • Reign of Amenemhat II or Senusret II, c. 1929–1878 BCE, 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

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