dmḏj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb

 4ae inf. or 3-lit.

  1. (transitive) to join together, to assemble

Inflection

While this verb is often considered a strong triliteral verb dmḏ, other Egyptologists, following Sethe and Edel, instead interpret it as a fourth weak verb dmḏj.

Conjugation of dmḏj (fourth weak / 4ae inf. / IV. inf.) — base stem: dmḏ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
dmḏt, dmḏj
 dmḏw, dmḏyw, dmḏ
 dmḏt, dmḏwt, dmḏyt
 dmḏ
 dmḏ, dmḏy
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
dmḏ8
 ḥr dmḏt, ḥr dmḏj
 m dmḏt, ḥr dmḏj
 r dmḏt, ḥr dmḏj
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect dmḏ.n
 dmḏw, dmḏ, dmḏy
 consecutive dmḏ.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative dmḏt
perfective3 dmḏ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative dmḏ.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective dmḏ, dmḏy
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 dmḏw, dmḏ, dmḏy
 dmḏ
 potentialis dmḏ.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive dmḏ, dmḏy
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect dmḏ.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective dmḏw1, dmḏy, dmḏ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 dmḏ
 dmḏy, dmḏ
imperfective dmḏ, dmḏy, dmḏw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 dmḏ, dmḏj6, dmḏy6
 dmḏ, dmḏw5
prospective dmḏw1, dmḏy, dmḏ, dmḏtj7
 — dmḏwtj1 4, dmḏtj4, dmḏt4
  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, 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.
Conjugation of dmḏ (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: dmḏ, geminated stem: dmḏḏ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
dmḏ
 dmḏw, dmḏ
 dmḏt
 dmḏ
 dmḏ
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
dmḏ
 ḥr dmḏ
 m dmḏ
 r dmḏ
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect dmḏ.n
 dmḏw, dmḏ
 consecutive dmḏ.jn
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative dmḏt
perfective3 dmḏ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 obligative dmḏ.ḫr
 active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective dmḏ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 dmḏ
 dmḏḏ
 potentialis dmḏ.kꜣ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive dmḏ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect dmḏ.n
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 — —
perfective dmḏ
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 dmḏ
 dmḏ, dmḏw5, dmḏy5
imperfective dmḏ, dmḏy, dmḏw5
 active + .tj1, .tw2
 dmḏ, dmḏj6, dmḏy6
 dmḏ, dmḏw5
prospective dmḏ, dmḏtj7
 — dmḏtj4, dmḏt4
  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, plural .sn.
  5. Only in the masculine singular.
  6. Only in the masculine.
  7. Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of dmḏj  


dmdj dmdj

References
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, § 313, page 220.
  • Allen, James (1984) The Inflection of the Verb in the Pyramid Texts, Malibu, California: Undena Publications, →ISBN, § 736, page 566
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