ḫmt

See also: HMT, hmt, ḥmt, and ḥmꜣt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɛmɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: khemet

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to think, to consider

Usage notes

The apparent plural strokes in the writing of this word are a determinative borrowed from the full writing of the similar word ḫmtw (“three”).

Inflection

Conjugation of ḫmt (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ḫmt, geminated stem: ḫmtt

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ḫmt ḫmtw, ḫmt ḫmtt ḫmt ḫmt ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ḫmt ḥr ḫmt m ḫmt r ḫmt suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect ḫmt.n ḫmtw, ḫmt consecutive ḫmt.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative ḫmtt perfective3 ḫmt active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 ḫmt.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective ḫmt active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 ḫmt ḫmtt potentialis1 ḫmt.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive ḫmt active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect ḫmt.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective ḫmt active + .tj1, .tw2 ḫmt ḫmt, ḫmtw5, ḫmty5 imperfective ḫmt, ḫmty, ḫmtw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 ḫmt, ḫmtj6, ḫmty6 ḫmt, ḫmtw5 prospective ḫmt, ḫmttj7 — ḫmttj4, ḫmtt4 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 ḫmt  

ḫmt

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to stab [Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection

Conjugation of ḫmt (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ḫmt, geminated stem: ḫmtt

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ḫmt ḫmtw, ḫmt ḫmtt ḫmt ḫmt ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ḫmt ḥr ḫmt m ḫmt r ḫmt suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect ḫmt.n ḫmtw, ḫmt consecutive ḫmt.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative ḫmtt perfective3 ḫmt active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 ḫmt.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective ḫmt active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 ḫmt ḫmtt potentialis1 ḫmt.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive ḫmt active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect ḫmt.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective ḫmt active + .tj1, .tw2 ḫmt ḫmt, ḫmtw5, ḫmty5 imperfective ḫmt, ḫmty, ḫmtw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 ḫmt, ḫmtj6, ḫmty6 ḫmt, ḫmtw5 prospective ḫmt, ḫmttj7 — ḫmttj4, ḫmtt4 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 ḫmt  

ḫmty

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 171, 270.
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 284.15