nqdd

Egyptian

Etymology

n- +‎ qdd (“to sleep”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛkdɛd/
  • Conventional anglicization: neqded

Verb

 3ae gem.

1. (intransitive) to sleep

Inflection

Conjugation of nqdd (third geminate / 3ae gem. / III. gem.) , geminated stem: nqdd

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
nqdd	nqdd	nqddt	nqdd	nqdd

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	nqdd.n	consecutive	nqdd.jn
terminative	nqddt
perfective3	nqdd	obligative1	nqdd.ḫr
imperfective	nqdd
prospective3	nqddw, nqdd	potentialis1	nqdd.kꜣ
subjunctive	nqdd

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	nqdd.n	—	—
perfective	nqdd	nqdd	nqdd, nqddw5, nqddy5
imperfective	nqdd, nqddy, nqddw5	nqdd, nqddj6, nqddy6	nqdd, nqddw5
prospective	nqdd, nqddtj7	nqddwtj1 4, nqddtj4, nqddt4
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.

Descendants

• Demotic: jnqty, nqty
  • Akhmimic Coptic: ⲛ̄ⲕⲁⲧⲉ (n̄kate)
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲉⲛⲕⲟⲧ (enkot)
  • Fayyumic Coptic: ⲉⲛⲕⲁⲧⲕ (enkatk)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲛ̄ⲕⲟⲧⲕ (n̄kotk)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 345.1