dmj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼiːmij/ → /ˈtʼiːmiʔ/ → /ˈtʼiːmə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼiːmij/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼiːmiʔ/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼiːmə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /dɛmi/
  • Conventional anglicization: demi

Noun

 m

1. locality, quarter, town
2. harbor

Inflection

Declension of dmj (masculine)

singular	dmj
dual	dmjwj
plural	dmjw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of dmj  

dmj	dmj

Derived terms

• spr r dmj

Descendants

• Demotic: tmj
  • Coptic: ϯⲙⲉ (time) — Sahidic, Akhmimic, ϯⲙⲓ (timi) — Bohairic, Fayyumic

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to touch

Inflection

Conjugation of dmj (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: dmj

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
dmj	dmjw, dmj	dmjt	dmj	dmj

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
dmj	ḥr dmj	m dmj	r dmj

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	dmj.n	dmjw, dmj	consecutive	dmj.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	dmjt
perfective3	dmj	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	dmj.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	dmj	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	dmj	dmj	potentialis1	dmj.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	dmj	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	dmj.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	dmj	active + .tj1, .tw2	dmj	dmj, dmjw5, dmjy5
imperfective	dmj, dmjy, dmjw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	dmj, dmjj6, dmjy6	dmj, dmjw5
prospective	dmj, dmjtj7	—	dmjtj4, dmjt4
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.

Derived terms

• sdmj

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 118, 156, 271, 274.
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) “ϯⲙⲉ”, in Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN