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Egyptian [ edit ]
Pronunciation [ edit ]
3ae inf.
( intransitive ) to cry , to weep [since the Pyramid Texts]
Inflection [ edit ]
Conjugation of rmj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: rm , geminated stem: rmm
infinitival forms
imperative
infinitive
negatival complement
complementary infinitive1
singular
plural
rmt , rmj
rmw , rm
rmt , rmwt , rmyt
rm
rm , rmy
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood
active
contingent
aspect / mood
active
perfect
rm.n
consecutive
rm.jn
terminative
rmt , rmyt
perfective 3
rm
obligative1
rm.ḫr
imperfective
rm , rmy
prospective 3
rmw , rm , rmy
potentialis1
rm.kꜣ
subjunctive
rm , rmy
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
participles
active
active
passive
perfect
rm.n
—
—
perfective
rmw 1 , rmy , rm
rm
rmy , rm
imperfective
rmm , rmmy , rmmw 5
rmm , rmmj 6 , rmmy 6
rmm , rmmw 5
prospective
rmw 1 , rmy , rm , rmtj 7
rmwtj 1 4 , rmtj 4 , rmt 4
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.
Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.
Alternative forms [ edit ]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of rmj
Derived terms [ edit ]
Descendants [ edit ]
Akhmimic Coptic: ⲣⲓⲙⲉ ( rime )
Bohairic Coptic: ⲣⲓⲙⲓ ( rimi )
Fayyumic Coptic: ⲗⲓⲙⲓ ( limi ) , ⲣⲓⲙⲓ ( rimi )
Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲣⲓⲙⲉ ( rime )
Sahidic Coptic: ⲣⲓⲙⲉ ( rime )
References [ edit ]
Erman, Adolf , Grapow, Hermann (1928 ) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache [1] , volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN , pages 416–417.10
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962 ) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian , Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN , page 149
Hoch, James (1997 ) Middle Egyptian Grammar , Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN , page 146