dnd

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dnd"

English

Phrase

dnd

1. Initialism of do not disturb.

Usage notes

• Used on keypads for telephones and other space-constrained locations and situations

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /dɛnɛd/
  • Conventional anglicization: dened

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to slaughter (animals)

Inflection

Conjugation of dnd (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: dnd, geminated stem: dndd

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
dnd	dndw, dnd	dndt	dnd	dnd

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	dnd.n	dndw, dnd	consecutive	dnd.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	dndt
perfective3	dnd	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	dnd.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	dnd	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	dnd	dndd	potentialis1	dnd.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	dnd	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	dnd.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	dnd	active + .tj1, .tw2	dnd	dnd, dndw5, dndy5
imperfective	dnd, dndy, dndw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	dnd, dndj6, dndy6	dnd, dndw5
prospective	dnd, dndtj7	—	dndtj4, dndt4
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.

References

• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 314