smj

See also: šmj

Translingual

Symbol

smj

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Lule Sámi.

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛmi/
  • Conventional anglicization: semi

Verb

 3-lit. or caus. 2-lit.

1. (transitive) to report (something to a superior)
   • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) line 157:

     ꜥḥꜥ.n šm.kw r smjt st gm.n.j sw rḫ st

     Then I went to report it but found him (already) aware of it.

2. (transitive) to announce (someone)
3. (transitive) to inform on, to lodge a complaint against (someone)
4. (intransitive, with m or ḥr, rare) to report (something to a superior) [since the New Kingdom]
5. (intransitive) to make a report
6. (intransitive) to raise a complaint, to complain

Inflection

Conjugation of smj (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: smj

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
smj	smjw, smj	smjt	smj	smj

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
smj	ḥr smj	m smj	r smj

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	smj.n	smjw, smj	consecutive	smj.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	smjt
perfective3	smj	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	smj.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	smj	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	smj	smj	potentialis1	smj.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	smj	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	smj.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	smj	active + .tj1, .tw2	smj	smj, smjw5, smjy5
imperfective	smj, smjy, smjw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	smj, smjj6, smjy6	smj, smjw5
prospective	smj, smjtj7	—	smjtj4, smjt4
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 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. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Although traditionally considered a strong triliteral verb, Allen instead considers this a causative biliteral:

Conjugation of smj (causative biliteral / caus. 2-lit. / caus. 2rad.) — base stem: smj

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
smjt, smj	smjw, smj	smjt	smj	smj

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
smj	ḥr smj	m smj	r smj

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	smj.n	smjw, smj	consecutive	smj.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	smjt
perfective3	smj	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	smj.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	smj	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	smjw, smj, smjy	smjw, smj, smjy	potentialis1	smj.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	smj	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	smj.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	smj	active + .tj1, .tw2	smj	smj, smjw5, smjy5
imperfective	smj, smjy, smjw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	smj, smjj6, smjy6	smj, smjw5
prospective	smj, smjtj7	—	smjwtj1 4, smjtj4, smjt4
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 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. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of smj  

smj

Descendants

• Bohairic Coptic: ⲥⲉⲙⲓ (semi)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ⲥⲏⲙⲙⲓ (sēmmi)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲙⲙⲉ (smme)

Noun

 m

1. report
2. accusation, complaint
3. acknowledgement or answer to a letter
4. statement, remark

Inflection

Declension of smj (masculine)

singular	smj
dual	smjwj
plural	smjw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of smj  

smy

[New Kingdom]

in hieratic

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 127.7–129.12
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 227
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 234, 308, 356.