jmj-r-mšꜥ

Egyptian

Etymology

jmj-r (“overseer”) +‎ mšꜥ (“army”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘overseer of the army’.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /imi ɛr mɛʃɑː/
  • Conventional anglicization: imi-er-mesha

Noun

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1. general (military leader)

Inflection

Declension of jmj-r-mšꜥ (masculine)

singular	jmj-r-mšꜥ
dual	jmjwj-r-mšꜥ
plural	jmjw-r-mšꜥ

Descendants

• Coptic: ⲗⲉⲙⲏⲏϣⲉ (lemēēše, “warrior”)
• →⇒ Ancient Greek: λεμεισα (lemeisa)

Compounded with preceding definite article pꜣ:

• →⇒ Meroitic: 𐦧𐦡𐦬𐦨𐦣𐦯 (pelmos /⁠pəlamusa⁠/)

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 34, 93.