jmꜣ

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Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb

imAM1

 3-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to be(come) kindly, friendly, gracious, or amiable (+ n: toward)
    M1Y1
    Hr Z1
    ― jmꜣ ḥr ― having a friendly face (literally, “friendly of face”)
    • c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Kagemni (pPrisse/pBN 183) lines 1.11–1.12:
      xrrM6nDs
      n      		 HrZ1rd
      f      		 AG42Y1ibZ1

      imAAmiAmY1
      n      		 fkAhsE21A24rmwtt B1
      f
      ḫr (tw)r n(j) ḥr r dfꜣ jb jmꜣ n.f kꜣhs r mwt.f
      One who is averted of face against feeding the heart (i.e. one who doesn’t indulge himself), the harsh man has to be more kindly to him than his (own) mother.
  2. (intransitive, with n) to be(come) popular with, favored by, beloved by
  3. (intransitive) to be(come) charming or pleasing (+ n: toward)
  4. (intransitive, with r) to be(come) charmed, pleased, delighted with

Inflection

Conjugation of jmꜣ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: jmꜣ, geminated stem: jmꜣꜣ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
jmꜣ
 jmꜣw, jmꜣ
 jmꜣt
 jmꜣ
 jmꜣ
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
jmꜣ
 ḥr jmꜣ
 m jmꜣ
 r jmꜣ
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect jmꜣ.n
 consecutive jmꜣ.jn
terminative jmꜣt
perfective3 jmꜣ
 obligative1 jmꜣ.ḫr
imperfective jmꜣ
prospective3 jmꜣ
 potentialis1 jmꜣ.kꜣ
subjunctive jmꜣ
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active active passive
perfect jmꜣ.n
 — —
perfective jmꜣ
 jmꜣ
 jmꜣ, jmꜣw5, jmꜣy5
imperfective jmꜣ, jmꜣy, jmꜣw5
 jmꜣ, jmꜣj6, jmꜣy6
 jmꜣ, jmꜣw5
prospective jmꜣ, jmꜣtj7
 jmꜣtj4, jmꜣt4

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 jmꜣ  
iAmM1
iAmAM1m
imAM1m
iAM1m
M1m
imAM1
imAmM1
iM1m
jꜣm jmꜣ jmꜣ jmꜣ jmꜣ jmꜣ jmꜣ jmꜣ
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jmꜣ  
M1mY1V
M1Y1V
imM1iiY1V
iimii
jmꜣ jmꜣ jmꜣy jmy

Derived terms

Adjective

imAM1
  1. perfective active participle of jmꜣ: kindly, friendly, gracious

Inflection

Declension of jmꜣ (perfective active participle)
masculine feminine
singular jmꜣ
 jmꜣt
dual jmꜣwj
 jmꜣtj
plural jmꜣw
 jmꜣwt1, jmꜣt2
1 Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun.
2 From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural.
In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.

Noun

imAM1

 m

  1. a kind of fruit-bearing tree; the meaning of this term is uncertain.
  2. the wood of this tree, used for making statues and tools
  3. a part of this tree used medicinally

Usage notes

Formerly sometimes hypothesized to be a date palm, but this identification is no longer accepted.

Inflection

Declension of jmꜣ (masculine)
singular jmꜣ
dual jmꜣwj
plural jmꜣw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jmꜣ  
iAM1m
imAmM1
imAAM1
M1mM1
iimmM1
i
Aa56
M1
jꜣm jmꜣ jmꜣ jmꜣ jm jm
in hieratic in hieratic

Derived terms

Romanization

jmꜣ

  1. Alternative transliteration of jꜣmw (“tent”).

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