ḫnm

See also: hnm and ẖnm

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɛnɛm/
  • Conventional anglicization: khenem

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to smell (a smell)
2. (transitive) to breathe in, to inhale (air, wind, etc.)
3. (transitive) to make (something) smell good
4. (transitive) to please (someone) with a gift (+ m: of)
5. (intransitive) to be pleased

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ḫnm ḫnmw, ḫnm ḫnmt ḫnm ḫnm ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ḫnm ḥr ḫnm m ḫnm r ḫnm suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect ḫnm.n ḫnmw, ḫnm consecutive ḫnm.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative ḫnmt perfective3 ḫnm active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 ḫnm.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective ḫnm active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 ḫnm ḫnmm potentialis1 ḫnm.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive ḫnm active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect ḫnm.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective ḫnm active + .tj1, .tw2 ḫnm ḫnm, ḫnmw5, ḫnmy5 imperfective ḫnm, ḫnmy, ḫnmw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 ḫnm, ḫnmj6, ḫnmy6 ḫnm, ḫnmw5 prospective ḫnm, ḫnmtj7 — ḫnmtj4, ḫnmt4 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 ḫnm  

ḫnm

Derived terms

• ḫnmw
• ḫnmt

Noun

 m

1. friend [Late Period]

Inflection

Declension of ḫnm (masculine)

singular	ḫnm
dual	ḫnmwj
plural	ḫnmw

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive, of goddesses) to rear (a god in the form of a child)

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ḫnm ḫnmw, ḫnm ḫnmt ḫnm ḫnm ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ḫnm ḥr ḫnm m ḫnm r ḫnm suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect ḫnm.n ḫnmw, ḫnm consecutive ḫnm.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative ḫnmt perfective3 ḫnm active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 ḫnm.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective ḫnm active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 ḫnm ḫnmm potentialis1 ḫnm.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive ḫnm active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect ḫnm.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective ḫnm active + .tj1, .tw2 ḫnm ḫnm, ḫnmw5, ḫnmy5 imperfective ḫnm, ḫnmy, ḫnmw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 ḫnm, ḫnmj6, ḫnmy6 ḫnm, ḫnmw5 prospective ḫnm, ḫnmtj7 — ḫnmtj4, ḫnmt4 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 ḫnm  

ḫnm

Derived terms

• ḫnmt

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 292.9–292.15, 293.9
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, pages 192–193