dm
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TranslingualEdit
SymbolEdit
dm
AbinomnEdit
NounEdit
dm
EgyptianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /dɛm/
- Conventional anglicization: dem
VerbEdit
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2-lit.
- (transitive) to pierce, to stab [since the Middle Kingdom]
InflectionEdit
Conjugation of dm (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: dm, geminated stem: dmm
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
dm |
dmw, dm |
dmt |
dm, j.dm |
dm, j.dm |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
dm |
ḥr dm |
m dm |
r dm |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | dm.n |
dmw, dm |
consecutive | dm.jn |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | dmt | ||||
perfective3 | dm |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
obligative1 | dm.ḫr |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | dm, j.dm1 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | dm |
dmm |
potentialis1 | dm.kꜣ |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | dm, j.dm1 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | dm.n |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
— | — |
perfective | dm |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
dm |
dmm, dmmj6, dm2, dmw2 5, dmy2 5 |
imperfective | j.dm1, dm, dmy, dmw5 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
j.dm1, j.dmw1 5, dm, dmj6, dmy6 |
dm, dmw5 |
prospective | dm, dmtj7 |
— | dmtj4, dmt4 | |
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Alternative formsEdit
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of dm
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dm |
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-Afroasiatic *dûm-.
VerbEdit
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2-lit.
- (transitive) to pronounce (a name)
- c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 7–8:
- sꜥḥ ꜣḫ ḫnt sꜥḥw wꜣḥ jꜣwt smn ḥqꜣt sḫm nfr n(j) psḏt jmꜣ ḥr mrr mꜣ n.f rdj snḏ.f m tꜣw nb(w) n mr(w)t dm.sn rn.f r ḥꜣt […]
- Effective dignitary, foremost of dignitaries, enduring of office, established of reign, the fair power of the Ennead, gracious of face, the sight of whom is beloved, the awe of whom is set in all lands in order that they pronounce his name first, […]
InflectionEdit
Conjugation of dm (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: dm, geminated stem: dmm
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
dm |
dmw, dm |
dmt |
dm, j.dm |
dm, j.dm |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
dm |
ḥr dm |
m dm |
r dm |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | dm.n |
dmw, dm |
consecutive | dm.jn |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | dmt | ||||
perfective3 | dm |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
obligative1 | dm.ḫr |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | dm, j.dm1 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | dm |
dmm |
potentialis1 | dm.kꜣ |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | dm, j.dm1 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | dm.n |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
— | — |
perfective | dm |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
dm |
dmm, dmmj6, dm2, dmw2 5, dmy2 5 |
imperfective | j.dm1, dm, dmy, dmw5 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
j.dm1, j.dmw1 5, dm, dmj6, dmy6 |
dm, dmw5 |
prospective | dm, dmtj7 |
— | dmtj4, dmt4 | |
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Alternative formsEdit
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of dm
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dm |
ReferencesEdit
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 449.1–450.6