dm

See also: Dm, DM, .dm, d.m., and D.M.

㍷	U+3377, ㍷ SQUARE DM

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dm

(metrology) Symbol for decimeter (decimetre), an SI unit of length equal to 10⁻¹ meters (metres).

dm

2-lit.

Conjugation of dm (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: dm, geminated stem: dmm

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
dm	dmw, dm	dmt	dm, j.dm	dm, j.dm

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

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	dm.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	dm	active + .tj¹, .tw²	dm	dmm, dmmj⁶, dm², dmw^{2 5}, dmy^{2 5}
imperfective	j.dm¹, dm, dmy, dmw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	j.dm¹, j.dmw^{1 5}, dm, dmj⁶, dmy⁶	dm, dmw⁵
prospective	dm, dmtj⁷	—	dmtj⁴, dmt⁴
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 hieroglyphic writings of dm

dm

2-lit.

(transitive) to pronounce (a name)
- c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 7–8:
  
  sꜥḥ ꜣḫ ḫnt sꜥḥw wꜣḥ jꜣwt smn ḥqꜣt sḫm nfr n(j) psḏt jmꜣ ḥr mrr mꜣ n.f rdj snḏ.f m tꜣw nb(w) n mr(w)t dm.sn rn.f r ḥꜣt […]
  Effective dignitary, foremost of dignitaries, enduring of office, established of reign, the fair power of the Ennead, gracious of face, the sight of whom is beloved, the awe of whom is set in all lands in order that they pronounce his name first, […]

Conjugation of dm (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: dm, geminated stem: dmm

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
dm	dmw, dm	dmt	dm, j.dm	dm, j.dm

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

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	dm.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	dm	active + .tj¹, .tw²	dm	dmm, dmmj⁶, dm², dmw^{2 5}, dmy^{2 5}
imperfective	j.dm¹, dm, dmy, dmw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	j.dm¹, j.dmw^{1 5}, dm, dmj⁶, dmy⁶	dm, dmw⁵
prospective	dm, dmtj⁷	—	dmtj⁴, dmt⁴
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 hieroglyphic writings of dm

dm

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 449.1–450.6

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