mds

See also: MDs and M.D.s

English

mds

1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of merchandise and related forms of that word (merchandising, merchandised, merchandiser, etc.)

Egyptian

Etymology

Related to ds (“knife”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛdɛs/
  • Conventional anglicization: medes

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to be(come) sharp
2. (intransitive) to be(come) violent

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
mds	mdsw, mds	mdst	mds	mds

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	mds.n	consecutive	mds.jn
terminative	mdst
perfective3	mds	obligative1	mds.ḫr
imperfective	mds
prospective3	mds	potentialis1	mds.kꜣ
subjunctive	mds

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	mds.n	—	—
perfective	mds	mds	mds, mdsw5, mdsy5
imperfective	mds, mdsy, mdsw5	mds, mdsj6, mdsy6	mds, mdsw5
prospective	mds, mdstj7	mdstj4, mdst4
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.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mds  

mds

[New Kingdom]

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]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /mewˈdewʃ/ [meʊ̯ˈdeʊ̯ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mewˈdewʃ/ [mewˈðewʃ]

Interjection

mds

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of meu Deus (“oh my God”).