s- ( causative prefix ) + rmj ( “ to cry ” ) .
caus. 3ae inf.
( transitive ) to make (someone) cry
Conjugation of srmj (causative third weak / caus. 3ae inf. / caus. III. inf.) — base stem: srm , geminated stem: srmm
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood
active
passive
contingent
aspect / mood
active
passive
perfect
srm.n
srmw , srm , srmy
consecutive
srm.jn
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
terminative
srmt
perfective 3
srm
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
obligative1
srm.ḫr
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
imperfective
srm , srmy
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
prospective 3
srmw , srm , srmy
srmw , srm , srmy
potentialis1
srm.kꜣ
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
subjunctive
srm , srmy
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
participles
active
passive
active
passive
perfect
srm.n
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
—
—
perfective
srmw 1 , srmy , srm
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
srm
srmy , srm
imperfective
srmm , srmmy , srmmw 5
active + .tj 1 , .tw 2
srmm , srmmj 6 , srmmy 6
srmm , srmmw 5
prospective
srmw 1 , srmy , srm , srmtj 7
—
srmwtj 1 4 , srmtj 4 , srmt 4
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
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.
Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f /.fj , feminine .s /.sj , dual .sn /.snj , plural .sn .
Only in the masculine singular.
Only in the masculine.
Only in the feminine.
Hoch, James (1997 ) Middle Egyptian Grammar , Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN , page 121