Egyptian
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Etymology 1
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Compare Arabic ء م ن ( ʔ m n ) and Hebrew א־מ־ן ( ʾ-m-n ) .
Pronunciation
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3-lit.
( transitive ) to hide , to conceal
( intransitive or reflexive ) to hide , to be(come) hidden or secret
( intransitive , by extension) to be(come) rare or precious [Greco-Roman Period]
( transitive ) to create , form , shape (in a cosmic, divine sense)Inflection
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Conjugation of jmn (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: jmn , geminated stem: jmnn
infinitival forms
imperative
infinitive
negatival complement
complementary infinitive1
singular
plural
jmn
jmnw , jmn
jmnt
jmn
jmn
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem
periphrastic imperfective 2
periphrastic prospective 2 jmn
ḥr jmn
m jmn
r jmn
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
participles
active
passive
active
passive
perfect
jmn.n
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
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—
perfective
jmn
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
jmn
jmn , jmnw 5 , jmny 5 imperfective
jmn , jmny , jmnw 5
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
jmn , jmnj 6 , jmny 6
jmn , jmnw 5 prospective
jmn , jmntj 7
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jmntj 4 , jmnt 4
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
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jmn
Derived terms
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Adjective
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perfective active participle of jmn : hidden , precious Inflection
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Declension of jmn (perfective active participle)
masculine
feminine
singular
jmn
jmnt dual
jmnwj
jmntj plural
jmnw
jmnwt 1 , jmnt 2
Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun.
From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural. In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.
Proper noun
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Relief carving, Medinet Habu, c. 1150 BC m
Amun , a primeval god , personification of the hiddenness of the primeval waters , worshipped at Hermopolis as a member of the Ogdoad
Amun , a god worshipped at Thebes as a member of the Theban Triad. From the Middle Kingdom, the king of the gods.Alternative forms
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jmn
Derived terms
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Descendants
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Coptic: ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ ( amoun )
→ Ancient Greek: Ἄμμων ( Ámmōn )
→ Meroitic: 𐦠𐦨𐦩𐦢 ( amni /amani/ ) Etymology 2
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From Proto-Afroasiatic *yamin- . Cognate with Proto-Semitic *yamīn- ( “ right ” ) .
Pronunciation
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Adjective
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right ( direction )
western Inflection
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Declension of jmn (perfective active participle)
masculine
feminine
singular
jmn
jmnt dual
jmnwj
jmntj plural
jmnw
jmnwt 1 , jmnt 2
Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun.
From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural. In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.
Antonyms
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m
the West Alternative forms
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jmn
Synonyms
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Derived terms
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References
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James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs , 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN , page 186, 280 .
Erman, Adolf ; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache [1] , volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN , page 83.4–83.6, 83.12–84.7, 84.15–85.2
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian , Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN , page 21 ^ Schenkel, Wolfgang (1990) Einführung in die altägyptische Sprachwissenschaft , page 89