ꜣmm
Egyptian
editPronunciation
edit- (verb): (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ʀaˈmam/ → /ʀaˈmam/ → /ʔəˈmam/ → /ʔəˈmam/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɑmɛm/
- Conventional anglicization: amem
Verb
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2ae gem.
- (transitive) to grasp, to physically seize (a person or thing; + m: with (one’s hand)) [since the Pyramid Texts]
- (transitive, of animals) to seize as prey (+ r: to attack as prey)
- (transitive) to fold or clench together (one’s hands) [26th Dynasty]
- (transitive) to take (+ n: to, for (oneself)) [Offering Ritual and Greco-Roman Period]
Inflection
editConjugation of ꜣmm (second geminate / 2ae gem. / II. gem.) — base stem: ꜣm, geminated stem: ꜣmm
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
ꜣmm8 |
ꜣmm |
ꜣmmt |
ꜣmm, ꜣm |
ꜣmm, ꜣm |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
ꜣmm, ꜣm |
ḥr ꜣmm |
m ꜣmm |
r ꜣmm |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | ꜣmm.n, ꜣm.n |
ꜣm |
consecutive | ꜣm.jn |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | ꜣmmt | ||||
perfective3 | ꜣm |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
obligative1 | ꜣmm.ḫr |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | ꜣmm |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | ꜣmm |
ꜣmm |
potentialis1 | ꜣm.kꜣ |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | ꜣm |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | ꜣm.n |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
— | — |
perfective | ꜣm |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
ꜣm |
ꜣm, ꜣmw5, ꜣmy5 |
imperfective | ꜣmm, ꜣmmy, ꜣmmw5 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
ꜣmm, ꜣmmj6, ꜣmmy6 |
ꜣmm, ꜣmmw5 |
prospective | ꜣm, ꜣmtj7 |
— | ꜣmmtj4, ꜣmmt4 | |
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Alternative forms
editAlternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣmm
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editNoun
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m
Inflection
editReferences
edit- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 228, 290.
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 10.17–10.22
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 3