Egyptian
Etymology
Possibly equivalent to jrt (“eye”) + mw (“water”). Compare Somali illin (“tear”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈɾiːmit/ → /ˈɾiːmiʔ/ → /ˈɾiːma/ → /ˈɾiːmə/
Verb
3ae inf.
- (intransitive) to cry, to weep [since the Pyramid Texts]
Inflection
Conjugation of rmj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: rm, geminated stem: rmm
| infinitival forms
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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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rmt, rmj
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rmw, rm
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rmt, rmwt, rmyt
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rm
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rm, rmy
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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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rm8, rmm8
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ḥr rmt, ḥr rmj
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m rmt, m rmj
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r rmt, r rmj
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| suffix conjugation
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| aspect / mood
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active
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contingent
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| aspect / mood
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active
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| perfect
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rm.n
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consecutive
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rm.jn
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| terminative
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rmt, rmyt
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| perfective3
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rm
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obligative1
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rm.ḫr
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| imperfective
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rm, rmy
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| prospective3
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rmw, rm, rmy
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potentialis1
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rm.kꜣ
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| subjunctive
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rm, rmy
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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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active
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passive
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| perfect
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rm.n
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—
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—
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| perfective
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rmw1, rmy, rm
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rm
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rmy, rm
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| imperfective
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rmm, rmmy, rmmw5
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rmm, rmmj6, rmmy6
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rmm, rmmw5
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| prospective
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rmw1, rmy, rm, rmtj7
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rmwtj1 4, rmtj4, rmt4
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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 .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.
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of rmj
Derived terms
Descendants
- Akhmimic Coptic: ⲣⲓⲙⲉ (rime)
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲣⲓⲙⲓ (rimi)
- Fayyumic Coptic: ⲗⲓⲙⲓ (limi), ⲣⲓⲙⲓ (rimi)
- Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲣⲓⲙⲉ (rime)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲣⲓⲙⲉ (rime)
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928), Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 416–417.10
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962), A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 149
- Hoch, James (1997), Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 146
- ^ Blažek, V. (2020). "An excerpt from the Comparative and Etymological Dictionary of Beja: Anatomical Lexicon". Folia Orientalia 57, page 77 →DOI