šmj

See also: smj

Egyptian

Pronunciation
 

Verb
SmmD54

 3ae inf.

  1. (intransitive) to go, to walk
    • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) line 157:
      aHaa
      n      		 SmmD54kwA1rsmiitA2stgmmn&A1 swWr
      x      		 Y2st
      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.

Inflection
Conjugation of šmj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: šm
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
šmt, šmj
 šmw, šm
 šmt, šmwt, šmyt
 šm
 šm, šmy
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
šm8
 ḥr šmt, ḥr šmj
 m šmt, m šmj
 r šmt, r šmj
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect šm.n
 consecutive šm.jn
terminative šmt, šmyt
perfective3 šm
 obligative1 šm.ḫr
imperfective šm, šmy
prospective3 šmw, šm, šmy
 potentialis1 šm.kꜣ
subjunctive šm, šmy
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active active passive
perfect šm.n
 — —
perfective šmw1, šmy, šm
 šm
 šmy, šm
imperfective šm, šmy, šmw5
 šm, šmj6, šmy6
 šm, šmw5
prospective šmw1, šmy, šm, šmtj7
 šmwtj1 4, šmtj4, šmt4
  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.
  8. Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šmj  
Smm
šmj

Derived terms

References
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 217 page 156, 217.
  1. Junge, Friedrich (2005) Late Egyptian Grammar: An Introduction, second English edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, page 39
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