tnm

See also: ṯnm

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb
t
n		 nmmD55

 3-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to go astray, to be(come) lost [since the Pyramid Texts]

Inflection
Conjugation of tnm (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: tnm, geminated stem: tnmm
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
tnm
 tnmw, tnm
 tnmt
 tnm
 tnm
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
tnm
 ḥr tnm
 m tnm
 r tnm
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect tnm.n
 consecutive tnm.jn
terminative tnmt
perfective3 tnm
 obligative1 tnm.ḫr
imperfective tnm
prospective3 tnm
 potentialis1 tnm.kꜣ
subjunctive tnm
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active active passive
perfect tnm.n
 — —
perfective tnm
 tnm
 tnm, tnmw5, tnmy5
imperfective tnm, tnmy, tnmw5
 tnm, tnmj6, tnmy6
 tnm, tnmw5
prospective tnm, tnmtj7
 tnmtj4, tnmt4
  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 tnm  
t
n		 mD55
tnm
[Old Kingdom and Late Period]

References
  • Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 260.
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