mḏḥ

See also: mdh

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb

 3-lit.

  1. (transitive) to hew (wood or stone)
  2. (transitive) to build (a ship)

Inflection

Conjugation of mḏḥ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: mḏḥ, geminated stem: mḏḥḥ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
mḏḥ
mḏḥw, mḏḥ
mḏḥt
mḏḥ
mḏḥ
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
mḏḥ
ḥr mḏḥ
m mḏḥ
r mḏḥ
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect mḏḥ.n
mḏḥw, mḏḥ
consecutive mḏḥ.jn
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative mḏḥt
perfective3 mḏḥ
active + .tj1, .tw2
obligative1 mḏḥ.ḫr
active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective mḏḥ
active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 mḏḥ
mḏḥḥ
potentialis1 mḏḥ.kꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive mḏḥ
active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect mḏḥ.n
active + .tj1, .tw2
perfective mḏḥ
active + .tj1, .tw2
mḏḥ
mḏḥ, mḏḥw5, mḏḥy5
imperfective mḏḥ, mḏḥy, mḏḥw5
active + .tj1, .tw2
mḏḥ, mḏḥj6, mḏḥy6
mḏḥ, mḏḥw5
prospective mḏḥ, mḏḥtj7
mḏḥtj4, mḏḥt4

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, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. 5 Only in the masculine singular.
6 Only in the masculine.
7 Only in the feminine.

References

  • Hoch, James (1997), Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 128