jmj

From m (“in”) +‎ -j (nisba ending). For the initial j-, compare the adverbial and pre-pronominal form of m, jm.

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

1. being in, inherent (in)
2. being among, of, out of (a quantity or group)
3. (in reverse nisba constructions) in which (something) is
4. (after an adjective) -est of, -est among; forms the superlative

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jmj  

jm	jm	jm	jm	jm

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jmj  

m	jmj	jmj	jmj	jmj	jmj
				cryptic writing	cryptic writing

 m

1. what is within, contents, insides
2. interior, inside
3. inhabitant, person living in a place

See under the adjective above.

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

 3ae inf.

1. (transitive) to not be
2. (catenative, with a verb in the negatival complement) to not do; (in the subjunctive) may it not be that…; lest…; so that… does not…
3. (Old Egyptian, with a following verbal adjective) there is none that is; introduces an independent negated adjectival existential clause

In Middle Egyptian this is a defective verb, used only in the subjunctive and imperative. The imperative in this case becomes usually written as simply or m.

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jmj  

jmj	jmj	jmj	jmj
in hieratic

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

1. imperative of rḏj (“to give, to set, to cause”)
2. emphasizes a following imperative
3. (Late Egyptian, with following verb in the subjunctive-prospective) forms the causative imperative

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jmj  

jmj	jmj	jmj	jmm	jmmtw	jmm	jmm	jmy	jwmy

The writing with two s is conventionally transliterated jmm but in fact likely represents only a single m; one of the signs was originally a phonetic complement to biliteral standing for jm, but later took on a uniliteral value m and so became considered interchangeable with , resulting in the new writing with two s.

• Demotic: my, mꜥy, jw.my
  • Coptic: ⲙ- (m-)

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