Egyptian
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Etymology
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s- (causative prefix) + rmj (“to cry”).
Pronunciation
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caus. 3ae inf.
- (transitive) to make (someone) cry
Inflection
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Conjugation of srmj (causative third weak / caus. 3ae inf. / caus. III. inf.) — base stem: srm, geminated stem: srmm
| 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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srm.n
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srmw, srm, srmy
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consecutive
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srm.jn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| terminative
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srmt
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| perfective3
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srm
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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obligative1
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srm.ḫr
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| imperfective
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srm, srmy
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| prospective3
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srmw, srm, srmy
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srmw, srm, srmy
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potentialis1
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srm.kꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| subjunctive
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srm, srmy
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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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srm.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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srmw1, srmy, srm
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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srm
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srmy, srm
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| imperfective
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srmm, srmmy, srmmw5
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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srmm, srmmj6, srmmy6
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srmm, srmmw5
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| prospective
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srmw1, srmy, srm, srmtj7
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—
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srmwtj1 4, srmtj4, srmt4
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- 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.
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References
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- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 121
