rmj

See also: r mj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈɾiːmit/ → /ˈɾiːmiʔ/ → /ˈɾiːma/ → /ˈɾiːmə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈɾiːmit/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈɾiːmiʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈɾiːma/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈɾiːmə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /rɛmi/
  • Conventional anglicization: remi

Verb

 3ae inf.

1. (intransitive) to cry, to weep [since the Pyramid Texts]

Inflection

Conjugation of rmj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: rm, geminated stem: rmm

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural rmt, rmj rmw, rm rmt, rmwt, rmyt rm rm, rmy ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 rm8, rmm8 ḥr rmt, ḥr rmj m rmt, m rmj r rmt, r rmj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect rm.n consecutive rm.jn terminative rmt, rmyt perfective3 rm obligative1 rm.ḫr imperfective rm, rmy prospective3 rmw, rm, rmy potentialis1 rm.kꜣ subjunctive rm, rmy verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect rm.n — — perfective rmw1, rmy, rm rm rmy, rm imperfective rmm, rmmy, rmmw5 rmm, rmmj6, rmmy6 rmm, rmmw5 prospective rmw1, rmy, rm, rmtj7 rmwtj1 4, rmtj4, rmt4 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.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of rmj  

rmj	rmj

Derived terms

• rmyt
• srmj

Descendants

• Akhmimic Coptic: ⲣⲓⲙⲉ (rime)
• Bohairic Coptic: ⲣⲓⲙⲓ (rimi)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ⲗⲓⲙⲓ (limi), ⲣⲓⲙⲓ (rimi)
• Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲣⲓⲙⲉ (rime)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲣⲓⲙⲉ (rime)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 416–417.10
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 149
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 146