šmm

Egyptian

Etymology

Possibly cognate with Arabic حَمِيم (ḥamīm, “hot”), Hebrew חַם (ḥam, “hot”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ʃɛmɛm/
  • Conventional anglicization: shemem

Verb

 2ae gem.

1. (intransitive) to be(come) hot
2. (intransitive) to be(come) feverish

Inflection

Conjugation of šmm (second geminate / 2ae gem. / II. gem.) — base stem: šm, geminated stem: šmm

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
šmm8	šmm	šmmt	šmm, šm	šmm, šm

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
šmm, šm	ḥr šmm	m šmm	r šmm

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	šmm.n, šm.n	consecutive	šm.jn
terminative	šmmt
perfective3	šm	obligative1	šmm.ḫr
imperfective	šmm
prospective3	šmm	potentialis1	šm.kꜣ
subjunctive	šm

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	šm.n	—	—
perfective	šm	šm	šm, šmw5, šmy5
imperfective	šmm, šmmy, šmmw5	šmm, šmmj6, šmmy6	šmm, šmmw5
prospective	šm, šmtj7	šmmtj4, šmmt4
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. šm before suffix pronouns.

Derived terms

• sšmm
• šmmt

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 468.1–468.17