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
- nose
- snout
- beak
Inflection
Declension of fnḏ (masculine)
| singular
|
fnḏ
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| dual
|
fnḏwj
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| plural
|
fnḏw
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of fnḏ
Derived terms
Verb
3-lit.
- (intransitive) to be angry (+ r: at)
Inflection
Conjugation of fnḏ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: fnḏ, geminated stem: fnḏḏ
| infinitival forms
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imperative
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| infinitive
|
negatival complement
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complementary infinitive1
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singular
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plural
|
fnḏ
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fnḏw, fnḏ
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fnḏt
|
fnḏ
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fnḏ
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| ‘pseudoverbal’ forms
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| stative stem
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periphrastic imperfective2
|
periphrastic prospective2
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fnḏ
|
ḥr fnḏ
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m fnḏ
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r fnḏ
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| suffix conjugation
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| aspect / mood
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active
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contingent
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| aspect / mood
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active
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| perfect
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fnḏ.n
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consecutive
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fnḏ.jn
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| terminative
|
fnḏt
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| perfective3
|
fnḏ
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obligative1
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fnḏ.ḫr
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| imperfective
|
fnḏ
|
| prospective3
|
fnḏ
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potentialis1
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fnḏ.kꜣ
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| subjunctive
|
fnḏ
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| verbal adjectives
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| aspect / mood
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relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
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participles
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| active
|
active
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passive
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| perfect
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fnḏ.n
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—
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—
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| perfective
|
fnḏ
|
fnḏ
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fnḏ, fnḏw5, fnḏy5
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| imperfective
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fnḏ, fnḏy, fnḏw5
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fnḏ, fnḏj6, fnḏy6
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fnḏ, fnḏw5
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| prospective
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fnḏ, fnḏtj7
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fnḏtj4, fnḏt4
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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.
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of fnḏ
References
- ^ 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