mrj
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈmiːɾit/ → /ˈmiːɾiʔ/ → /ˈmiːɾə/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /mɛri/
- Conventional anglicization: meri
Verb
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3ae inf.
- (transitive) to love
- The Stela of Inhuretnakht, British Museum, Egyptian Antiquities 1783:
- jrt.n n.f zꜣ.f smsw.f mr(j).f dbj
- What his eldest beloved son Debi made for him.
- The Stela of Inhuretnakht, British Museum, Egyptian Antiquities 1783:
- (transitive) to want, to desire
Usage notes
The imperfective and perfective nominal forms of this word can be used after m at the start of a sentence to introduce a conditional or comparative noun clause.
Inflection
Conjugation of mrj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: mr, geminated stem: mrr
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
mrt, mrj | mrw, mr | mrt, mrwt, mryt | mr | mr, mry |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
mr8, mrr8 | ḥr mrt, ḥr mrj | m mrt, m mrj | r mrt, r mrj |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | mr.n | mrw, mr, mry | consecutive | mr.jn | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | mrt, mryt | ||||
perfective3 | mr | active + .tj1, .tw2 | obligative | mr.ḫr | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | mr, mry | active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | mrw, mr, mry | mrw, mr, mry | potentialis | mr.kꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | mr, mry | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | mr.n | active + .tj1, .tw2 | — | — |
perfective | mrw1, mry, mr | active + .tj1, .tw2 | mr | mry, mr |
imperfective | mrr, mrry, mrrw5 | active + .tj1, .tw2 | mrr, mrrj6, mrry6 | mrr, mrrw5 |
prospective | mrw1, mry, mr, mrtj7 | — | mrwtj1 4, mrtj4, mrt4 | |
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Derived terms
- mry
- mr.s-ꜥnḫ
- tꜣ-mrj
Descendants
- Demotic: mr
- Coptic: ⲙⲉ (me) (Sahidic), ⲙⲉⲓ (mei) (Bohairic), ⲙⲉⲓⲉ (meie) (Akhmimic), ⲙⲏⲓ (mēi) (Fayyumic)
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 374.