nmnm

Egyptian

Etymology

Perhaps reduplicated from nmj (“to traverse”).

Pronunciation

Verb
n&nm&m n&nm&m D54

 4-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to bestir oneself, to move about [chiefly Old Kingdom]
  2. (intransitive, of the earth) to quake [Old Kingdom]

Inflection
Conjugation of nmnm (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: nmnm
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
nmnm
 nmnmw, nmnm
 nmnmt
 nmnm
 nmnm
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
nmnm
 ḥr nmnm
 m nmnm
 r nmnm
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect nmnm.n
 nmnmw, nmnm
 consecutive nmnm.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative nmnmt
perfective3 nmnm
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative1 nmnm.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective nmnm
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 nmnmw, nmnm
 nmnmw, nmnm
 potentialis1 nmnm.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive nmnm
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect nmnm.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective nmnm
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 nmnm
 nmnm, nmnmw5, nmnmy5
imperfective nmnm, nmnmy, nmnmw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 nmnm, nmnmj6, nmnmy6
 nmnm, nmnmw5
prospective nmnm, nmnmtj7
 — nmnmwtj1 4, nmnmtj4, nmnmt4
  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 nmnm  
n
m		 n
m
nmnm
[Old Kingdom]

Descendants
  • >? Egyptian: mnmn

References
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