fnḏ

See also: fnD

Egyptian

Etymology

From Proto-Afroasiatic *funVg-, according to Orel and Stolbova’s very tentative reconstruction.[1] If so, perhaps cognate with Lowland East Cushitic *fung- (“nose”), whence Oromo fuññaan. Also compare Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⴳⵏⴼⵓⵔ (agnfur, muzzle, snout).

Pronunciation

Noun


 m

  1. nose
  2. snout
  3. beak

Inflection

Declension of fnḏ (masculine)
singular fnḏ
dual fnḏwj
plural fnḏw

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Verb

 3-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to be angry (+ r: at)

Inflection

Conjugation of fnḏ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: fnḏ, geminated stem: fnḏḏ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
fnḏ
fnḏw, fnḏ
fnḏt
fnḏ
fnḏ
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
fnḏ
ḥr fnḏ
m fnḏ
r fnḏ
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect fnḏ.n
consecutive fnḏ.jn
terminative fnḏt
perfective3 fnḏ
obligative1 fnḏ.ḫr
imperfective fnḏ
prospective3 fnḏ
potentialis1 fnḏ.kꜣ
subjunctive fnḏ
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active active passive
perfect fnḏ.n
perfective fnḏ
fnḏ
fnḏ, fnḏw5, fnḏy5
imperfective fnḏ, fnḏy, fnḏw5
fnḏ, fnḏj6, fnḏy6
fnḏ, fnḏw5
prospective fnḏ, fnḏtj7
fnḏtj4, fnḏt4

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.

Alternative forms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E., Stolbova, Olga V. (1995) “*funVg-”, in Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, § 832, page 188