sdmj

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ dmj (“to touch”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛdɛmi/
  • Conventional anglicization: sedemi

Verb

 caus. 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to attach, to make adhere

Inflection

Conjugation of sdmj (causative triliteral / caus. 3-lit. / caus. 3rad.) — base stem: sdmj

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural sdmj sdmjw, sdmj sdmjt sdmj sdmj ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 sdmj ḥr sdmj m sdmj r sdmj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect sdmj.n sdmjw, sdmj consecutive sdmj.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative sdmjt perfective3 sdmj active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 sdmj.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective sdmj active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 sdmjw, sdmj, sdmjy sdmjw, sdmj, sdmjy potentialis1 sdmj.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive sdmj active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect sdmj.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective sdmj active + .tj1, .tw2 sdmj sdmj, sdmjw5, sdmjy5 imperfective sdmj, sdmjy, sdmjw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 sdmj, sdmjj6, sdmjy6 sdmj, sdmjw5 prospective sdmj, sdmjtj7 — sdmjwtj1 4, sdmjtj4, sdmjt4 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 356.