nmnm

nmnm

Egyptian

Etymology

Perhaps reduplicated from nmj (“to traverse”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛmnɛm/
  • Conventional anglicization: nemnem

Verb

 4-lit.

1. (intransitive) to bestir oneself, to move about [chiefly Old Kingdom]
2. (intransitive, of the earth) to quake [Old Kingdom]

Inflection

Conjugation of nmnm (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: nmnm

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
nmnm	nmnmw, nmnm	nmnmt	nmnm	nmnm

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
nmnm	ḥr nmnm	m nmnm	r nmnm

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	nmnm.n	nmnmw, nmnm	consecutive	nmnm.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	nmnmt
perfective3	nmnm	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	nmnm.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	nmnm	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	nmnmw, nmnm	nmnmw, nmnm	potentialis1	nmnm.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	nmnm	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	nmnm.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	nmnm	active + .tj1, .tw2	nmnm	nmnm, nmnmw5, nmnmy5
imperfective	nmnm, nmnmy, nmnmw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	nmnm, nmnmj6, nmnmy6	nmnm, nmnmw5
prospective	nmnm, nmnmtj7	—	nmnmwtj1 4, nmnmtj4, nmnmt4
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 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. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nmnm  

nmnm

[Old Kingdom]

Descendants

• >? Egyptian: mnmn

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 267.11–267.14
• Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 133