rḏj

See also: RDJ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb

 anom.

  1. (transitive) to give
  2. (transitive) to put, to set, to place (+ ḥr: to assign to do; + m or + r: to appoint as)
  3. (catenative, with a verb in the subjunctive) to cause, make, let, allow

Inflection
Conjugation of rḏj (anomalous / anom.) — base stem: rḏj, ḏj, geminated stem: ḏḏ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
rḏjt, ḏjt
 rḏj
 —
 jmj, ḏj
 jmj, ḏj, ḏy
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
rḏj6, ḏj6
 ḥr rḏjt, ḥr ḏjt
 m rḏjt, m ḏjt
 r rḏjt, r ḏjt
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect rḏj.n, ḏj.n
 rḏj, rḏjw, rḏy, ḏj, ḏjw, ḏy
 consecutive rḏj.jn, ḏj.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative —
perfective3 rḏj
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative rḏj.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective ḏj
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 rḏj, rḏjw
 rḏj, rḏjw
 potentialis rḏj.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive ḏj
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect rḏj.n, ḏj.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective rḏj, ḏj
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 rḏj, ḏj
 rḏy, rḏj, ḏy, ḏj
imperfective ḏḏ, ḏḏw, ḏḏy
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 ḏḏ
 ḏḏ, ḏḏw5
prospective —
 — rḏjtj4, rḏjt4
  1. Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
  2. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
  3. 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.
  4. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, plural .sn.
  5. Only in the masculine singular.
  6. Third-person masculine statives of this verb often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

Alternative forms

By Middle Egyptian times, this verb had most likely become rdj, although sometimes written identically to its older form.

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of rḏj  






rḏj rdj rdj rdj rtj
[chiefly Old Kingdom] [Middle Kingdom] [Middle Kingdom] [Late Period] [Late Period]

Derived terms

References
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 357 page 159, 357.
  • Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 93–94
  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 464–468
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