nmꜥ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛmɑː/
  • Conventional anglicization: nema

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to be(come) biased, to be(come) partial

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural nmꜥ nmꜥw, nmꜥ nmꜥt nmꜥ nmꜥ ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 nmꜥ ḥr nmꜥ m nmꜥ r nmꜥ suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect nmꜥ.n consecutive nmꜥ.jn terminative nmꜥt perfective3 nmꜥ obligative1 nmꜥ.ḫr imperfective nmꜥ prospective3 nmꜥ potentialis1 nmꜥ.kꜣ subjunctive nmꜥ verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect nmꜥ.n — — perfective nmꜥ nmꜥ nmꜥ, nmꜥw5, nmꜥy5 imperfective nmꜥ, nmꜥy, nmꜥw5 nmꜥ, nmꜥj6, nmꜥy6 nmꜥ, nmꜥw5 prospective nmꜥ, nmꜥtj7 nmꜥtj4, nmꜥt4 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.

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 239.