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Egyptian
Etymology
Related to ds ( “ knife ” ) .
Pronunciation
Verb
3-lit.
( intransitive ) sharp ( intransitive ) violent
Inflection
Conjugation of mds (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: mds , geminated stem: mdss
infinitival forms
imperative
infinitive
negatival complement
complementary infinitive1
singular
plural
mds mdsw , mds mdst mds mds
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem
periphrastic imperfective 2
periphrastic prospective 2
mds ḥr mds m mds r mds
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood
active
contingent
aspect / mood
active
perfect
mds.n consecutive
mds.jn
terminative
mdst
perfective 3
mds obligative1
mds.ḫr
imperfective
mds
prospective 3
mds potentialis1
mds.kꜣ
subjunctive
mds
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
participles
active
active
passive
perfect
mds.n —
—
perfective
mds mds mds , mdsw 5 , mdsy 5
imperfective
mds , mdsy , mdsw 5 mds , mdsj 6 , mdsy 6 mds , mdsw 5
prospective
mds , mdstj 7 mdstj 4 , mdst 4
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 .s .sj .sn .snj .sn
Only in the masculine singular.
Only in the masculine.
Only in the feminine.
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mds
References
Erman, Adolf , Grapow, Hermann (1928 ) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache [1] →ISBN pages 183.1–183.13 Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962 ) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian , Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN page 123
Portuguese
Interjection
mds
( Internet slang , text messaging ) Abbreviation of meu Deus ( “ oh my God ” )
