smj

See also: šmj

Translingual

Symbol

smj

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Lule Sámi.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Lule Sami terms

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛmi/
  • Conventional anglicization: semi

Verb

 3-lit. or caus. 2-lit.

1. (transitive) to report (something to a superior)
   • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) line 157:

     ꜥḥꜥ.n šm.kw r smjt st gm.n.j sw rḫ st

     Then I went to report it but found him (already) aware of it.

2. (transitive) to announce (someone)
3. (transitive) to inform on, to lodge a complaint against (someone)
4. (intransitive, with m or ḥr, rare) to report (something to a superior) [since the New Kingdom]
5. (intransitive) to make a report
6. (intransitive) to raise a complaint, to complain

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural smj smjw, smj smjt smj smj ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 smj ḥr smj m smj r smj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect smj.n smjw, smj consecutive smj.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative smjt perfective3 smj active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 smj.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective smj active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 smj smj potentialis1 smj.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive smj active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect smj.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective smj active + .tj1, .tw2 smj smj, smjw5, smjy5 imperfective smj, smjy, smjw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 smj, smjj6, smjy6 smj, smjw5 prospective smj, smjtj7 — smjtj4, smjt4 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.

Although traditionally considered a strong triliteral verb, Allen instead considers this a causative biliteral:

Conjugation of smj (causative biliteral / caus. 2-lit. / caus. 2rad.) — base stem: smj

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural smjt, smj smjw, smj smjt smj smj ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 smj ḥr smj m smj r smj suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect smj.n smjw, smj consecutive smj.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative smjt perfective3 smj active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 smj.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective smj active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 smjw, smj, smjy smjw, smj, smjy potentialis1 smj.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive smj active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect smj.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective smj active + .tj1, .tw2 smj smj, smjw5, smjy5 imperfective smj, smjy, smjw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 smj, smjj6, smjy6 smj, smjw5 prospective smj, smjtj7 — smjwtj1 4, smjtj4, smjt4 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 smj  

smj

Descendants

• Bohairic Coptic: ⲥⲉⲙⲓ (semi)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ⲥⲏⲙⲙⲓ (sēmmi)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲙⲙⲉ (smme)

Noun

 m

1. report
2. accusation, complaint
3. acknowledgement or answer to a letter
4. statement, remark

Inflection

Declension of smj (masculine)

singular	smj
dual	smjwj
plural	smjw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of smj  

smy

[New Kingdom]

in hieratic

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 127.7–129.12
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 227
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 234, 308, 356.