gmgm
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈkʼamkʼam/ → /kʼamkʼam/ → /ˈkʼamkʼəm/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɡɛmɡɛm/
- Conventional anglicization: gemgem
Verb
4-lit.
- (intransitive or transitive) to smash, to break
- c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 59–60:
![M3 [xt] xt](../I/hiero_M3.png.webp)



![G28 [gm] gm](../I/hiero_G28.png.webp)
![G17 [m] m](../I/hiero_G17.png.webp)
![G28 [gm] gm](../I/hiero_G28.png.webp)
![G17 [m] m](../I/hiero_G17.png.webp)

![N16 [tA] tA](../I/hiero_N16.png.webp)

![D2 [Hr] Hr](../I/hiero_D2.png.webp)

![Y5 [mn] mn](../I/hiero_Y5.png.webp)
![N35 [n] n](../I/hiero_N35.png.webp)
![Y5 [mn] mn](../I/hiero_Y5.png.webp)
![N35 [n] n](../I/hiero_N35.png.webp)

- ḫtw ḥr gmgm tꜣ ḥr mnmn
- Trees were breaking, the ground was quaking.
Inflection
Conjugation of gmgm (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: gmgm
| infinitival forms | imperative | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
| gmgm |
gmgmw, gmgm |
gmgmt |
gmgm |
gmgm |
| ‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
| gmgm |
ḥr gmgm |
m gmgm |
r gmgm |
| suffix conjugation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
| aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
| perfect | gmgm.n |
gmgmw, gmgm |
consecutive | gmgm.jn |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
| active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
| terminative | gmgmt | ||||
| perfective3 | gmgm |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
obligative1 | gmgm.ḫr |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
| imperfective | gmgm |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
| prospective3 | gmgmw, gmgm |
gmgmw, gmgm |
potentialis1 | gmgm.kꜣ |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
| active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
| subjunctive | gmgm |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
| verbal adjectives | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
| active | passive | active | passive | |
| perfect | gmgm.n |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
— | — |
| perfective | gmgm |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
gmgm |
gmgm, gmgmw5, gmgmy5 |
| imperfective | gmgm, gmgmy, gmgmw5 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
gmgm, gmgmj6, gmgmy6 |
gmgm, gmgmw5 |
| prospective | gmgm, gmgmtj7 |
— | gmgmwtj1 4, gmgmtj4, gmgmt4 | |
| ||||
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of gmgm
| gmgm |
Descendants
- Coptic:
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲕⲙⲕⲙ (kmkm)
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲕⲉⲙⲕⲉⲙ (kemkem)
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 290, 295 page 162, 290, 295.
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