nšm

See also: NSM

Egyptian

3-lit.

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
nšm	nšmw, nšm	nšmt	nšm	nšm

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

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	nšm.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	nšm	active + .tj¹, .tw²	nšm	nšm, nšmw⁵, nšmy⁵
imperfective	nšm, nšmy, nšmw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	nšm, nšmj⁶, nšmy⁶	nšm, nšmw⁵
prospective	nšm, nšmtj⁷	—	nšmtj⁴, nšmt⁴
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 158

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