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Egyptian
Pronunciation
Verb
2ae gem.
- (transitive) to grasp, to physically seize (a person or thing; + m: with (one’s hand))
- (transitive, of animals) to seize as prey (+ r: to attack as prey)
- (transitive) to fold or clench together (one’s hands)
- (transitive) to take (+ n: to, for (oneself))
Inflection
Conjugation of ꜣmm (second geminate / 2ae gem. / II. gem.) — base stem: ꜣm, geminated stem: ꜣmm
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imperative
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| infinitive
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negatival complement
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complementary infinitive1
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singular
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plural
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ꜣmm8
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ꜣmm
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ꜣmmt
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ꜣmm, ꜣm
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ꜣmm, ꜣm
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| ‘pseudoverbal’ forms
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| stative stem
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periphrastic imperfective2
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periphrastic prospective2
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ꜣmm, ꜣm
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ḥr ꜣmm
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m ꜣmm
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r ꜣmm
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| verbal adjectives
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| aspect / mood
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relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
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participles
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| active
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passive
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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ꜣm.n
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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—
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| perfective
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ꜣm
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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ꜣm
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ꜣm, ꜣmw5, ꜣmy5
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| imperfective
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ꜣmm, ꜣmmy, ꜣmmw5
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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ꜣmm, ꜣmmj6, ꜣmmy6
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ꜣmm, ꜣmmw5
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| prospective
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ꜣm, ꜣmtj7
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—
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ꜣmmtj4, ꜣmmt4
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- 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.
- ꜣm before suffix pronouns.
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣmm
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ꜣmm
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ꜣm
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jm
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ꜣmm
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inflected form
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inflected form
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abbreviation
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Synonyms
Derived terms
Noun
m
- The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
- grip, grasp
Inflection
Declension of ꜣmm (masculine)
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 228, 290.
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 10.17–10.22
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 3
