nmj

See also: NMJ

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛmi/
  • Conventional anglicization: nemi

Contraction

1. Contraction of jn mj.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nmj  

nmj

Descendants

• Coptic: ⲛⲓⲙ (nim)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈniːmit/ → /ˈniːmiʔ/ → /ˈniːma/ → /ˈniːmə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈniːmit/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈniːmiʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈniːma/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈniːmə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛmi/
  • Conventional anglicization: nemi

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to traverse

Inflection

Conjugation of nmj (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: nmj

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
nmj	nmjw, nmj	nmjt	nmj	nmj

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
nmj	ḥr nmj	m nmj	r nmj

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	nmj.n	nmjw, nmj	consecutive	nmj.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	nmjt
perfective3	nmj	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	nmj.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	nmj	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	nmj	nmj	potentialis1	nmj.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	nmj	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	nmj.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	nmj	active + .tj1, .tw2	nmj	nmj, nmjw5, nmjy5
imperfective	nmj, nmjy, nmjw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	nmj, nmjj6, nmjy6	nmj, nmjw5
prospective	nmj, nmjtj7	—	nmjtj4, nmjt4
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.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛmi/
  • Conventional anglicization: nemi

Noun

 m

1. Late Period form of nmw (“dwarf”)

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 78, 238–239.