Egyptian
Pronunciation
Verb
3-lit.
- (transitive) to bind (cattle) for sacrifice [Middle Kingdom]
Inflection
Conjugation of jꜣm (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: jꜣm, geminated stem: jꜣmm
| infinitival forms
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imperative
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| infinitive
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negatival complement
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complementary infinitive1
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singular
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plural
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jꜣm
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jꜣmw, jꜣm
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jꜣmt
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jꜣm
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jꜣm
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| ‘pseudoverbal’ forms
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| stative stem
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periphrastic imperfective2
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periphrastic prospective2
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jꜣm
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ḥr jꜣm
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m jꜣm
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r jꜣm
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| suffix conjugation
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| aspect / mood
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active
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passive
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contingent
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| aspect / mood
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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jꜣm.n
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jꜣmw, jꜣm
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consecutive
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jꜣm.jn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| terminative
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jꜣmt
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| perfective3
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jꜣm
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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obligative1
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jꜣm.ḫr
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| imperfective
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jꜣm
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| prospective3
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jꜣm
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jꜣmm
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potentialis1
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jꜣm.kꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| subjunctive
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jꜣm
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| verbal adjectives
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| aspect / mood
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relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
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participles
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| active
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passive
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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jꜣm.n
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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—
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—
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| perfective
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jꜣm
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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jꜣm
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jꜣm, jꜣmw5, jꜣmy5
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| imperfective
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jꜣm, jꜣmy, jꜣmw5
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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jꜣm, jꜣmj6, jꜣmy6
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jꜣm, jꜣmw5
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| prospective
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jꜣm, jꜣmtj7
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—
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jꜣmtj4, jꜣmt4
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1 Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
2 Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
3 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.
4 Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn.
5 Only in the masculine singular.
6 Only in the masculine.
7 Only in the feminine.
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jꜣm
Derived terms
Verb
3-lit.
- alternative form of jmꜣ (“to be(come) kindly, friendly, or gracious”)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jꜣm
Noun
m
- alternative form of jmꜣ (“a kind of tree”)
Verb
2-lit.
- alternative form of ꜣm (“to burn”)
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 31, 31.16
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 9