tnm

See also: ṯnm

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /tɛnɛm/
  • Conventional anglicization: tenem

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to go astray, to be(come) lost [since the Pyramid Texts]

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural tnm tnmw, tnm tnmt tnm tnm ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 tnm ḥr tnm m tnm r tnm suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect tnm.n consecutive tnm.jn terminative tnmt perfective3 tnm obligative1 tnm.ḫr imperfective tnm prospective3 tnm potentialis1 tnm.kꜣ subjunctive tnm verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect tnm.n — — perfective tnm tnm tnm, tnmw5, tnmy5 imperfective tnm, tnmy, tnmw5 tnm, tnmj6, tnmy6 tnm, tnmw5 prospective tnm, tnmtj7 tnmtj4, tnmt4 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.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of tnm  

tnm

[Old Kingdom and Late Period]

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 260.