jmꜣ
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /imɑ/
- Conventional anglicization: ima
Verb
3-lit.
- (intransitive) to be(come) kindly, friendly, or gracious (+ n: toward)
- c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Kagemni (pPrisse/pBN 183) lines 1.11–1.12:
- ḫr (tw)r n(j) ḥr r dfꜣ jb jmꜣ n.f kꜣhs r mwt.f
- One who is averted of face against feeding the heart (i.e. one who doesn’t indulge himself), the harsh man has to be more kindly to him than his (own) mother.
Inflection
Conjugation of jmꜣ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: jmꜣ, geminated stem: jmꜣꜣ
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
jmꜣ | jmꜣw, jmꜣ | jmꜣt | jmꜣ | jmꜣ |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
jmꜣ | ḥr jmꜣ | m jmꜣ | r jmꜣ |
suffix conjugation | |||
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aspect / mood | active | contingent | |
aspect / mood | active | ||
perfect | jmꜣ.n | consecutive | jmꜣ.jn |
terminative | jmꜣt | ||
perfective3 | jmꜣ | obligative1 | jmꜣ.ḫr |
imperfective | jmꜣ | ||
prospective3 | jmꜣ | potentialis1 | jmꜣ.kꜣ |
subjunctive | jmꜣ |
verbal adjectives | |||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | |
active | active | passive | |
perfect | jmꜣ.n | — | — |
perfective | jmꜣ | jmꜣ | jmꜣ, jmꜣw5, jmꜣy5 |
imperfective | jmꜣ, jmꜣy, jmꜣw5 | jmꜣ, jmꜣj6, jmꜣy6 | jmꜣ, jmꜣw5 |
prospective | jmꜣ, jmꜣtj7 | jmꜣtj4, jmꜣt4 | |
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Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jmꜣ
jꜣm | |||||
[Old Kingdom] |
Derived terms
- jmꜣt
- sjmꜣ
Adjective
- perfective active participle of jmꜣ: kindly, friendly, gracious
Inflection
Declension of jmꜣ (perfective active participle)
masculine | feminine | |
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singular | jmꜣ | jmꜣt |
dual | jmꜣwj | jmꜣtj |
plural | jmꜣw | jmꜣwt1, jmꜣt2 |
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Romanization
jmꜣ
- Alternative transliteration of jꜣmw (“tent”).
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 79.10–79.23
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 20