srmj

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ rmj (“to cry”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛrɛmi/
  • Conventional anglicization: seremi

Verb

 caus. 3ae inf.

1. (transitive) to make (someone) cry

Inflection

Conjugation of srmj (causative third weak / caus. 3ae inf. / caus. III. inf.) — base stem: srm, geminated stem: srmm

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural srmt, srmj srmw, srm srmt, srmwt, srmyt srm srm, srmy ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 srm ḥr srmt, ḥr srmj m srmt, m srmj r srmt, r srmj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect srm.n srmw, srm, srmy consecutive srm.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative srmt perfective3 srm active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 srm.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective srm, srmy active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 srmw, srm, srmy srmw, srm, srmy potentialis1 srm.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive srm, srmy active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect srm.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective srmw1, srmy, srm active + .tj1, .tw2 srm srmy, srm imperfective srmm, srmmy, srmmw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 srmm, srmmj6, srmmy6 srmm, srmmw5 prospective srmw1, srmy, srm, srmtj7 — srmwtj1 4, srmtj4, srmt4 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

• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 121