ꜣdt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb
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 3-lit.

  1. (transitive) to prepare (beds or skins) for sleeping (in some unclear way); to make the bed

Usage notes

Attested only twice, both times in the Admonitions of Ipuwer. It is possible that the word is to be identified with ꜣd (“to smear (a pot)?”), with both of them perhaps meaning ‘to smooth’ or something similar.[1]

Inflection
Conjugation of ꜣdt (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ꜣdt, geminated stem: ꜣdtt
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
ꜣdt
 ꜣdtw, ꜣdt
 ꜣdtt
 ꜣdt
 ꜣdt
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
ꜣdt
 ḥr ꜣdt
 m ꜣdt
 r ꜣdt
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect ꜣdt.n
 ꜣdtw, ꜣdt
 consecutive ꜣdt.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative ꜣdtt
perfective3 ꜣdt
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative1 ꜣdt.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective ꜣdt
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 ꜣdt
 ꜣdtt
 potentialis1 ꜣdt.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive ꜣdt
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect ꜣdt.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective ꜣdt
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 ꜣdt
 ꜣdt, ꜣdtw5, ꜣdty5
imperfective ꜣdt, ꜣdty, ꜣdtw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 ꜣdt, ꜣdtj6, ꜣdty6
 ꜣdt, ꜣdtw5
prospective ꜣdt, ꜣdttj7
 — ꜣdttj4, ꜣdtt4
  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
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣdt  
Ad
t Y1		 A24
ꜣdt

References
  1. Grapow, Hermann, et al. (1897–1939) Das digitalisierte Zettelarchiv des “Wörterbuches der ägyptischen Sprache” (DZA)‎, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, published 1999, DZA 20.092.010
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