gmj

== Egyptian == === Etymology === Possibly related to Central Atlas Tamazight ⴳⵎⵉ (gmi, “to look for, search”). === Pronunciation === (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɡɛmi/ Conventional anglicization: gemi === Verb === 3ae inf. (transitive) To (seek and) find. [since the Pyramid Texts] (transitive, also used with a genitive or r) To find a way to go. (with a genitive) To find a way to do something. [Kushite period] (transitive) To find a way out (of difficulties, etc.). [Old Kingdom] (transitive) To discover, find, locate. (transitive) To come across, happen upon. (transitive) To meet (someone). (transitive) To ascertain, discern, recognize. (transitive) To determine or find to be in a particular state. c. 2112–2063 BCE (reign of Intef II), Funerary stele of Rediu-Khnum from his tomb at Dendera (UE 6) (Cairo CG 20543), line A13–A14: (transitive) To officially establish or determine; to judge, to rule. (transitive) To diagnose. (transitive) To calculate (a numerical result). (transitive) To achieve, receive (a position). (transitive) To devise (something). (intransitive, of a limb) To know how to use properly. (catenative, generally negated) To be able to. (transitive) To control a land. ==== Usage notes ==== This verb is often used with a following adverb clause introduced by a stative without a preceding subject; the subject of this stative is then ordinarily identical with the object of gmj. ==== Inflection ==== ==== Alternative forms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Demotic Egyptian: gm Bohairic Coptic: ϫⲓⲙⲓ (jimi) Sahidic Coptic: ϭⲓⲛⲉ (čine) Fayyumic Coptic: ϭⲓⲙⲓ (čimi), ϭⲓⲛⲓ (čini), ϫⲓⲛⲓ (jini), ϭⲓⲛⲉ (čine) Lycopolitan Coptic: ϭⲓⲛⲉ (čine) Akhmimic Coptic: ϭⲓⲛⲉ (čine) === References === Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1931), Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 166.6–169.8 James P[eter] Allen (2010), Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 219.