rmj

See also: r mj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈɾiːmit//ˈɾiːmiʔ//ˈɾiːma//ˈɾiːmə/

Verb

 3ae inf.

  1. (intransitive) to cry, to weep [since the Pyramid Texts]

Inflection

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
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
rm8, rmm8
ḥr rmt, ḥr rmj
m rmt, m rmj
r rmt, r rmj
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect rm.n
consecutive rm.jn
terminative rmt, rmyt
perfective3 rm
obligative1 rm.ḫr
imperfective rm, rmy
prospective3 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 rmw1, rmy, rm
rm
rmy, rm
imperfective rmm, rmmy, rmmw5
rmm, rmmj6, rmmy6
rmm, rmmw5
prospective rmw1, rmy, rm, rmtj7
rmwtj1 4, rmtj4, rmt4

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.
8 Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Akhmimic Coptic: ⲣⲓⲙⲉ (rime)
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲣⲓⲙⲓ (rimi)
  • Fayyumic Coptic: ⲗⲓⲙⲓ (limi), ⲣⲓⲙⲓ (rimi)
  • Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲣⲓⲙⲉ (rime)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲣⲓⲙⲉ (rime)

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