dp
Egyptian
Pronunciation
Verb
2-lit.
- (transitive) to taste (a food, a drink, a taste) [since the Pyramid Texts]
- (transitive, figuratively) to go through, to experience (a bad feeling or event) [since the Old Kingdom]
c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) line 124: - ršwj sḏd dpt.n.f zn ḫt mr
- How joyful is he who recounts what he has experienced when a painful thing passes!
- (transitive, figuratively) to feel, to sense [New Kingdom]
Inflection
Conjugation of dp (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: dp, geminated stem: dpp
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imperative
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| infinitive
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negatival complement
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complementary infinitive1
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singular
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plural
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dp
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dpw, dp
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dpt
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dp, j.dp
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dp, j.dp
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| ‘pseudoverbal’ forms
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| stative stem
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periphrastic imperfective2
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periphrastic prospective2
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dp
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ḥr dp
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m dp
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r dp
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| suffix conjugation
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| aspect / mood
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active
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passive
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contingent
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| aspect / mood
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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dp.n
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dpw, dp
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consecutive
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dp.jn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| terminative
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dpt
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| perfective3
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dp
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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obligative1
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dp.ḫr
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| imperfective
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dp, j.dp1
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| prospective3
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dp
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dpp
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potentialis1
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dp.kꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| subjunctive
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dp, j.dp1
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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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
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passive
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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dp.n
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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—
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—
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| perfective
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dp
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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dp
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dpp, dppj6, dp2, dpw2 5, dpy2 5
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| imperfective
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j.dp1, dp, dpy, dpw5
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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j.dp1, j.dpw1 5, dp, dpj6, dpy6
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dp, dpw5
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| prospective
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dp, dptj7
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—
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dptj4, dpt4
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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 .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 dp
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| dp
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dp
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dp
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dp
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dp
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[since the Middle Kingdom]
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[since the Middle Kingdom]
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[since the Middle Kingdom]
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[Late Period]
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especially in hieratic
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Demotic Egyptian: tp
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲧⲱⲡ (tōp)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲧⲱⲡⲉ (tōpe)
Proper noun
m
- a city in Lower Egypt that, together with the city of p, later formed the combined city of Buto [since the Old Kingdom]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of dp
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dp
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[Late and Greco-Roman Periods]
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Romanization
dp
- Alternative transliteration of tp (“head, atop”).
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1931), Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 443.1, 443.7–444.15
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962), A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 312
- Hoch, James (1997), Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 93
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