jꜣm
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /iɑm/
- Conventional anglicization: iam
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 | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
jꜣm | jꜣmw, jꜣm | jꜣmt | jꜣm | jꜣm |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
jꜣm | ḥr jꜣm | m jꜣm | r jꜣm |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | jꜣm.n | jꜣmw, jꜣm | consecutive | jꜣm.jn | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | jꜣmt | ||||
perfective3 | jꜣm | active + .tj1, .tw2 | obligative1 | jꜣm.ḫr | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | jꜣm | active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | jꜣm | jꜣmm | potentialis1 | jꜣm.kꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | jꜣm | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | jꜣm.n | active + .tj1, .tw2 | — | — |
perfective | jꜣm | active + .tj1, .tw2 | jꜣm | jꜣm, jꜣmw5, jꜣmy5 |
imperfective | jꜣm, jꜣmy, jꜣmw5 | active + .tj1, .tw2 | jꜣm, jꜣmj6, jꜣmy6 | jꜣm, jꜣmw5 |
prospective | jꜣm, jꜣmtj7 | — | jꜣmtj4, jꜣmt4 | |
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Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jꜣm
jꜣm | ꜣm |
Verb
3-lit.
- Alternative form of jmꜣ (“to be(come) kindly, friendly, or gracious”)
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 31.16
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 9