rmj

Egyptian

Pronunciation
 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈɾiːmit/ → /ˈɾiːmiʔ/ → /ˈɾiːma/ → /ˈɾiːmə/

Verb
rmD9

 3ae inf.

  1. (intransitive) to cry, to weep [since the Pyramid Texts]

Inflection
Conjugation of rmj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: rm, geminated stem: rmm
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
rmt, rmj
 rmw, rm
 rmt, rmwt, rmyt
 rm
 rm, rmy
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
rm8, rmm8
 ḥr rmt, ḥr rmj
 m rmt, m rmj
 r rmt, r rmj
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect rm.n
 consecutive rm.jn
terminative rmt, rmyt
perfective3 rm
 obligative1 rm.ḫr
imperfective rm, rmy
prospective3 rmw, rm, rmy
 potentialis1 rm.kꜣ
subjunctive rm, rmy
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active active passive
perfect rm.n
 — —
perfective rmw1, rmy, rm
 rm
 rmy, rm
imperfective rmm, rmmy, rmmw5
 rmm, rmmj6, rmmy6
 rmm, rmmw5
prospective rmw1, rmy, rm, rmtj7
 rmwtj1 4, rmtj4, rmt4
  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 rmj  
rmir
D9
rmj rmj

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Coptic: ⲣⲓⲙⲓ (rimi) (Bohairic, Fayyumic), ⲗⲓⲙⲓ (limi) (Fayyumic)
  • Coptic: ⲣⲓⲙⲉ (rime) (Sahidic, Akhmimic)

References
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