dꜣ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /dɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: da

Verb

 2-lit.

1. (intransitive) to copulate

Inflection

Conjugation of dꜣ (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: dꜣ, geminated stem: dꜣꜣ

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
dꜣ	dꜣw, dꜣ	dꜣt	dꜣ, j.dꜣ	dꜣ, j.dꜣ

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
dꜣ	ḥr dꜣ	m dꜣ	r dꜣ

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	dꜣ.n	consecutive	dꜣ.jn
terminative	dꜣt
perfective3	dꜣ	obligative1	dꜣ.ḫr
imperfective	dꜣ, j.dꜣ1
prospective3	dꜣ	potentialis1	dꜣ.kꜣ
subjunctive	dꜣ, j.dꜣ1

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	dꜣ.n	—	—
perfective	dꜣ	dꜣ	dꜣꜣ, dꜣꜣj6, dꜣ2, dꜣw2 5, dꜣy2 5
imperfective	j.dꜣ1, dꜣ, dꜣy, dꜣw5	j.dꜣ1, j.dꜣw1 5, dꜣ, dꜣj6, dꜣy6	dꜣ, dꜣw5
prospective	dꜣ, dꜣtj7	dꜣtj4, dꜣt4
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 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. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Synonyms

• dꜣdꜣ
• nk
• nhp

References

• Dickson, Paul (2006) Dictionary of Middle Egyptian in Gardiner Classification Order‎^[1]