2-lit.
- (transitive) to drive forth, to expel
Conjugation of nš (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: nš, geminated stem: nšš
| 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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nš
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nšw, nš
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nšt
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nš, j.nš
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nš, j.nš
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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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nš
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ḥr nš
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m nš
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r nš
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| suffix conjugation
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| aspect / mood
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active
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passive
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contingent
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| aspect / mood
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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nš.n
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nšw, nš
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consecutive
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nš.jn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| terminative
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nšt
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| perfective3
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nš
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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obligative1
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nš.ḫr
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| imperfective
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nš, j.nš1
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| prospective3
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nš
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nšš
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potentialis1
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nš.kꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| subjunctive
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nš, j.nš1
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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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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passive
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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nš.n
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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—
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—
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| perfective
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nš
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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nš
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nšš, nššj6, nš2, nšw2 5, nšy2 5
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| imperfective
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j.nš1, nš, nšy, nšw5
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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j.nš1, j.nšw1 5, nš, nšj6, nšy6
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nš, nšw5
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| prospective
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nš, nštj7
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—
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nštj4, nšt4
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- 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.
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2-lit.
- (transitive, with šnj as object) to dress (the hair)
Most likely this is the same verb as the preceding, with the meaning developing from ‘drive forth’.
Conjugation of nš (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: nš, geminated stem: nšš
| infinitival forms
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imperative
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| infinitive
|
negatival complement
|
complementary infinitive1
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singular
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plural
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nš
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nšw, nš
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nšt
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nš, j.nš
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nš, j.nš
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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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nš
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ḥr nš
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m nš
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r nš
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| suffix conjugation
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| aspect / mood
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active
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passive
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contingent
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| aspect / mood
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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nš.n
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nšw, nš
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consecutive
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nš.jn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| terminative
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nšt
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| perfective3
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nš
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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obligative1
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nš.ḫr
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| imperfective
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nš, j.nš1
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| prospective3
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nš
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nšš
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potentialis1
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nš.kꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| subjunctive
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nš, j.nš1
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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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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passive
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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nš.n
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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—
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—
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| perfective
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nš
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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nš
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nšš, nššj6, nš2, nšw2 5, nšy2 5
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| imperfective
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j.nš1, nš, nšy, nšw5
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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j.nš1, j.nšw1 5, nš, nšj6, nšy6
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nš, nšw5
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| prospective
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nš, nštj7
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—
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nštj4, nšt4
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- 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.
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- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 273.
