smj

See also: šmj

Translingual edit

smj

3-lit. or caus. 2-lit.

(transitive) to report (something to a superior)
- c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) line 157:
  
  ꜥḥꜥ.n šm.kw r smjt st gm.n.j sw rḫ st
  Then I went to report it but found him (already) aware of it.
(transitive) to announce (someone)
(transitive) to inform on, to lodge a complaint against (someone)
(intransitive, with m or ḥr, rare) to report (something to a superior) [since the New Kingdom]
(intransitive) to make a report
(intransitive) to raise a complaint, to complain

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
smj	smjw, smj	smjt	smj	smj

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

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	smj.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	smj	active + .tj¹, .tw²	smj	smj, smjw⁵, smjy⁵
imperfective	smj, smjy, smjw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	smj, smjj⁶, smjy⁶	smj, smjw⁵
prospective	smj, smjtj⁷	—	smjtj⁴, smjt⁴
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.

Although traditionally considered a strong triliteral verb, Allen instead considers this a causative biliteral:

Conjugation of smj (causative biliteral / caus. 2-lit. / caus. 2rad.) — base stem: smj

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
smjt, smj	smjw, smj	smjt	smj	smj

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

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	smj.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	smj	active + .tj¹, .tw²	smj	smj, smjw⁵, smjy⁵
imperfective	smj, smjy, smjw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	smj, smjj⁶, smjy⁶	smj, smjw⁵
prospective	smj, smjtj⁷	—	smjwtj^{1 4}, smjtj⁴, smjt⁴
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.

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of smj

smj

m

Declension of smj (masculine)

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of smj

smy

[New Kingdom]

in hieratic

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 127.7–129.12
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 227
James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 234, 308, 356.