dmḏj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (verb as a strong triliteral verb): (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼaːmacʼ/ → /ˈtʼaːmatʼ/ → /ˈtʼaːmətʼ/ → /ˈtʼoːmətʼ/

• (verb as a strong triliteral verb): (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼaːmacʼ/
• (verb as a strong triliteral verb): (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼaːmatʼ/
• (verb as a strong triliteral verb): (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼaːmətʼ/
• (verb as a strong triliteral verb): (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼoːmətʼ/

 

• (verb as a fourth weak verb): (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼimcʼit/ → /ˈtʼimtʼiʔ/ → /ˈtʼemtʼa/ → /ˈtʼemtʼə/

• (verb as a fourth weak verb): (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼimcʼit/
• (verb as a fourth weak verb): (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼimtʼiʔ/
• (verb as a fourth weak verb): (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼemtʼa/
• (verb as a fourth weak verb): (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼemtʼə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /dɛmɛd͡ʒi/
  • Conventional anglicization: demedji

Verb

 4ae inf. or 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to join together, to assemble
   • 2nd Dynasty, c. 2690 BCE, Abydos, Tomb of Peribsen, Part of a jar-seal of dull grey clay with a seal-impression of Peribsen (British Museum EA35594), combined lower and upper impressions:

     sḏꜣ ḫt nb(t) nbwt nbwj d(m)ḏ.n.f tꜣwj n zꜣ.f nswt-bjtj pr-jb.sn

     Cylinder seal of all golden things. The Golden One (Set), he has united the Two Lands (Egypt) for his son, the Dual King Peribsen.

   • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 7:

     tꜣwj dmḏ ḥr rdjt n.f jꜣw m ḫsfw ḥm.f

     The assembled Two Lands (Egypt) are giving him praise at the approach of his majesty.

Inflection

While this verb is often considered a strong triliteral verb dmḏ, other Egyptologists, following Sethe and Edel, instead interpret it as a fourth weak verb dmḏj.

Conjugation of dmḏj (fourth weak / 4ae inf. / IV. inf.) — base stem: dmḏ

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural dmḏt, dmḏj dmḏw, dmḏyw, dmḏ dmḏt, dmḏwt, dmḏyt dmḏ dmḏ, dmḏy ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 dmḏ8 ḥr dmḏt, ḥr dmḏj m dmḏt, ḥr dmḏj r dmḏt, ḥr dmḏj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect dmḏ.n dmḏw, dmḏ, dmḏy consecutive dmḏ.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative dmḏt perfective3 dmḏ active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 dmḏ.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective dmḏ, dmḏy active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 dmḏw, dmḏ, dmḏy dmḏ potentialis1 dmḏ.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive dmḏ, dmḏy active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect dmḏ.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective dmḏw1, dmḏy, dmḏ active + .tj1, .tw2 dmḏ dmḏy, dmḏ imperfective dmḏ, dmḏy, dmḏw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 dmḏ, dmḏj6, dmḏy6 dmḏ, dmḏw5 prospective dmḏw1, dmḏy, dmḏ, dmḏtj7 — dmḏwtj1 4, dmḏtj4, dmḏt4 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.

Conjugation of dmḏ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: dmḏ, geminated stem: dmḏḏ

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural dmḏ dmḏw, dmḏ dmḏt dmḏ dmḏ ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 dmḏ ḥr dmḏ m dmḏ r dmḏ suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect dmḏ.n dmḏw, dmḏ consecutive dmḏ.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative dmḏt perfective3 dmḏ active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 dmḏ.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective dmḏ active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 dmḏ dmḏḏ potentialis1 dmḏ.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive dmḏ active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect dmḏ.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective dmḏ active + .tj1, .tw2 dmḏ dmḏ, dmḏw5, dmḏy5 imperfective dmḏ, dmḏy, dmḏw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 dmḏ, dmḏj6, dmḏy6 dmḏ, dmḏw5 prospective dmḏ, dmḏtj7 — dmḏtj4, dmḏt4 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.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of dmḏj  

dmdj	dmdj

Derived terms

• dmḏ

Descendants

• Coptic: ⲧⲱⲙⲧ (tōmt)

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, § 313, page 220.
• Allen, James Peter (1984) The Inflection of the Verb in the Pyramid Texts, Malibu, California: Undena Publications, →ISBN, § 736, page 566