nms

Catalan

Adverb

nms

1. (text messaging) Short for només.

Egyptian

Etymology 1

From m- (noun-forming prefix) +‎ *ms (“to twist, to weave”) with regular dissimilation of m- to n- before a labial consonant; for the stem, itself unattested, compare the extended verb msn (“to twist, to weave”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛmɛs/
  • Conventional anglicization: nemes

Noun

 m

1. linen cloth (used in ritual)

Inflection

Declension of nms (masculine)

singular	nms
dual	nmswj
plural	nmsw

Derived terms

• nmst
• nmsw

Descendants

• → English: nemes

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛmɛs/
  • Conventional anglicization: nemes

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to come, to arrive (+ n: to (someone)) [since the 19th Dynasty]

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural nms nmsw, nms nmst nms nms ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 nms ḥr nms m nms r nms suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect nms.n nmsw, nms consecutive nms.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative nmst perfective3 nms active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 nms.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective nms active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 nms nmss potentialis1 nms.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive nms active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect nms.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective nms active + .tj1, .tw2 nms nms, nmsw5, nmsy5 imperfective nms, nmsy, nmsw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 nms, nmsj6, nmsy6 nms, nmsw5 prospective nms, nmstj7 — nmstj4, nmst4 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

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 269