nrj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb
n
r		 mwt

 3ae inf.

  1. (intransitive) to fear, to be afraid (+ n: of)
  2. (intransitive) to be in awe (+ n: of)
    • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 6–7:
      Dr
      r      		 tywZ2ss
      H_SPACE      		 mT
      H      		 wbH
      Z2      		 U3z
      n
      Z2      		 swwn
      t      		 tywZ2ss
      H_SPACE      		 imA51Z3Hr
      Z1      		 n
      r
      nr      		 D40
      n
      f
      ḏrtjw m ṯḥw mꜣ.sn sw ntjw jm ḥr nr n.f
      The ancestors are in joy when they see him, and the dead are in awe of him.
  3. (transitive) to overawe

Inflection
Conjugation of nrj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: nr, geminated stem: nrr
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
nrt, nrj
 nrw, nr
 nrt, nrwt, nryt
 nr
 nr, nry
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
nr8, nrr8
 ḥr nrt, ḥr nrj
 m nrt, m nrj
 r nrt, r nrj
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect nr.n
 nrw, nr, nry
 consecutive nr.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative nrt, nryt
perfective3 nr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative1 nr.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective nr, nry
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 nrw, nr, nry
 nrw, nr, nry
 potentialis1 nr.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive nr, nry
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect nr.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective nrw1, nry, nr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 nr
 nry, nr
imperfective nrr, nrry, nrrw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 nrr, nrrj6, nrry6
 nrr, nrrw5
prospective nrw1, nry, nr, nrtj7
 — nrwtj1 4, nrtj4, nrt4
  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.
  8. Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nrj  
n
r
n
r		 D40
n
r		 nr
D40
nrj nrj nrj
[Old Kingdom]

Derived terms

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