dmj

Egyptian

m

Declension of dmj (masculine)

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of dmj

dmj

Demotic: tmj
- Coptic: ϯⲙⲉ (time) – Sahidic, Akhmimic, ϯⲙⲓ (timi) – Bohairic, Fayyumic

3-lit.

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
dmj	dmjw, dmj	dmjt	dmj	dmj

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

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	dmj.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	dmj	active + .tj¹, .tw²	dmj	dmj, dmjw⁵, dmjy⁵
imperfective	dmj, dmjy, dmjw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	dmj, dmjj⁶, dmjy⁶	dmj, dmjw⁵
prospective	dmj, dmjtj⁷	—	dmjtj⁴, dmjt⁴
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, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 118, 156, 271, 274
Černý, Jaroslav (1976), “ϯⲙⲉ”, in Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN

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