Egyptian
Pronunciation
Adjective
- hidden, secret
- (by extension) rare, precious
Inflection
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Masculine |
Feminine |
| Singular |
jmn |
jmnt
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| Plural |
jmnw |
jmnt
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Derived terms
Derived terms
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- jmnw: secret (noun)
- jmnyt: the daily offerings to the gods
- jmn ˤ: priestess of Bast
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Proper noun
Relief carving, Medinet Habu, c. 1150 BC
masculine
- Amun, a primeval god, worshipped at Hermopolis as a member of the Ogdoad
- Amun, a god worshipped at Thebes as a member of the Theban Triad. From the Middle Kingdom, the king of the gods.
Usage notes
Alternative hieroglyphic writings:
Derived terms
Derived terms
- jmn ḥtp: Amenhotep, deified scribe and architect
- jmn m jpt: Amun of Luxor
- jmn m jpt swt: Amun of Karnak
- jmn nb nswt t3wj: Amun, Lord of the King of Egypt
- jmn rn: a minor deity
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- jmn rnf: a minor deity / version of Amun
- jmn rˤ: Amun-Ra
- jmn rˤ nswt nṯrw: Amun-Ra, King of the gods
- jmnt: Amunet
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Descendants
- Ancient Greek: Ἄμμων (Ámmōn)
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Verb
Strong trilateral
- (transitive, reflexive) hide
- create, form, shape (in a cosmic, divine sense)
Usage notes
Alternative hieroglyphic writings:
Inflection
| jmn: Triliteral (3-lit) |
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| Base Stem: |
jmn |
Geminated Stem: |
jmnn (rare) |
Imperative: |
jmn
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| Suffix Forms (1) |
Participles(10) |
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Active
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Passive
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Active
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Passive
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Relative
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| Perfective (2) |
jmn |
jmn.tw |
jmn |
jmn(w) (11) / jmny |
jmn
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| Imperfective (3) |
jmn |
jmn.tw |
jmn(j) / jmny
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jmn(w) (11) |
jmn(w) (11) / jmny
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| Perfect
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jmn.n |
jmn.n.tw
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------ |
jmn.n
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| Prospective
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jmn |
jmnn |
jmntj.fj (9) |
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| Subjunctive
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jmn |
jmn.tw |
Stative
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| Passive
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jmn(w) / jmny
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Singular
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Plural
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| "Consequential"(4) |
jmn.jn |
jmn.jn.tw
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1st Person
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jmn.kw
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jmn.wjn
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| "Necessitive"(5) |
jmn.ḫr |
jmn.ḫr.tw
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2nd person
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jmn.tj |
jmn.tjwjn
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| "Future Consequential"(6) |
jmn.k3 |
jmn.k3.tw
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3rd person (masc)
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jmn.w |
jmn.wj
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| Old Perfect (7) |
jmnt |
jmnt
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3rd person (fem) |
jmn.tj
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| Infinitival forms |
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| Infinitive
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jmn |
Negatival Complement
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jmn(w) |
Complementary Infinitive(8) |
jmnt
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1) All of these forms can display their subject using the suffix pronouns (and they frequently do)
2) Otherwise known as the "Indicative"
3) Otherwise known as the "Circumstantial"
4) No formal name - usually referred to as the "sḏm.jn"
5) No formal name - usually referred to as the "sḏm.ḫr"
6) No formal name - usually referred to as the "sḏm.k3"
7) Otherwise known as the "sḏmt"
8) Rare & Archaic
9) Declines using third person suffix pronouns: masc.: .fj, fem: .sj & plural: .sn
10) Decline like adjectives
11) -w only appears in the masculine singular
Etymology 2
From Proto-Afro-Asiatic *yamin-. Cognate with Proto-Semitic *yamīn- (“right”).
Adjective
- right (direction)
- western
Inflection
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Masculine |
Feminine |
| Singular |
jmn |
jmnt
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| Plural |
jmnw |
jmnt
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Noun
- the West
Usage notes
Alternative hieroglyphic writings
Derived terms
- jmnt: the West (as a place or as a goddess)
- jmntj: people of the west, the dead
- jmntt: western land, graveyard
- jmnty: Western
- jmnty: westerly wind
- ḫnty-jmntw: 'foremost of the Westerners'
References
Allen, Middle Egyptian
Erman & Grapow, Wörterbuch der Aegyptischen Sprache
Faulkner, A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian
