nḏnḏ

Egyptian[edit]

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛd͡ʒnɛd͡ʒ/
- Conventional anglicization: nedjnedj

4-lit.

(intransitive) to consult, to ask for advice (+ ḥnꜥ or + m-ꜥ: to consult with, to ask (someone) for advice)

Conjugation of nḏnḏ (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: nḏnḏ

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
nḏnḏ	nḏnḏw, nḏnḏ	nḏnḏt	nḏnḏ	nḏnḏ

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

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
aspect / mood	active	active	passive
perfect	nḏnḏ.n	—	—
perfective	nḏnḏ	nḏnḏ	nḏnḏ, nḏnḏw⁵, nḏnḏy⁵
imperfective	nḏnḏ, nḏnḏy, nḏnḏw⁵	nḏnḏ, nḏnḏj⁶, nḏnḏy⁶	nḏnḏ, nḏnḏw⁵
prospective	nḏnḏ, nḏnḏtj⁷	nḏnḏwtj^{1 4}, nḏnḏtj⁴, nḏnḏt⁴
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.

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 189.