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
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. 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