nms

Catalan

Adverb

nms

1. (text messaging) Short for només.

Egyptian

Etymology 1

From m- (noun-forming prefix) +‎ *ms (“to twist, to weave”) with regular dissimilation of m- to n- before a labial consonant; for the stem, itself unattested, compare the extended verb msn (“to twist, to weave”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛmɛs/
  • Conventional anglicization: nemes

Noun

 m

1. linen cloth (used in ritual)

Inflection

Declension of nms (masculine)

singular	nms
dual	nmswj
plural	nmsw

Derived terms

• nmst
• nmsw

Descendants

• → English: nemes

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛmɛs/
  • Conventional anglicization: nemes

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to come, to arrive (+ n: to (someone)) [since the 19th Dynasty]

Inflection

Conjugation of nms (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: nms, geminated stem: nmss

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
nms	nmsw, nms	nmst	nms	nms

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	nms.n	nmsw, nms	consecutive	nms.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	nmst
perfective3	nms	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	nms.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	nms	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	nms	nmss	potentialis1	nms.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	nms	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	nms.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	nms	active + .tj1, .tw2	nms	nms, nmsw5, nmsy5
imperfective	nms, nmsy, nmsw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	nms, nmsj6, nmsy6	nms, nmsw5
prospective	nms, nmstj7	—	nmstj4, nmst4
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.

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 269