fnḏ

See also: fnD

Egyptian

Etymology

From Proto-Afroasiatic *funVg-, according to Orel and Stolbova’s very tentative reconstruction. If so, perhaps cognate with Lowland East Cushitic *fung- (“nose”), whence Oromo fuññaan.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /fɛnɛd͡ʒ/
  • Conventional anglicization: fenedj

Noun

 m

1. nose
2. snout
3. beak

Inflection

Declension of fnḏ (masculine)

singular	fnḏ
dual	fnḏwj
plural	fnḏw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of fnḏ  

fnḏ	fnḏ	fnd

Derived terms

• fnḏj (“Thoth (on account of his long beak)”)
• fnḏ nb (“everyone”)

 

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
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, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of fnḏ  

fnd

References

• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN