nšm

See also: NSM and nsm

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛʃɛm/
  • Conventional anglicization: neshem

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to cut

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural nšm nšmw, nšm nšmt nšm nšm ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 nšm ḥr nšm m nšm r nšm suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect nšm.n nšmw, nšm consecutive nšm.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative nšmt perfective3 nšm active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 nšm.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective nšm active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 nšm nšmm potentialis1 nšm.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive nšm active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect nšm.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective nšm active + .tj1, .tw2 nšm nšm, nšmw5, nšmy5 imperfective nšm, nšmy, nšmw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 nšm, nšmj6, nšmy6 nšm, nšmw5 prospective nšm, nšmtj7 — nšmtj4, nšmt4 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.

Derived terms

• snšmšm

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 158.