ḫnms

See also: HNMS

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɛnmɛs/
  • Conventional anglicization: khenmes

Verb

 4-lit.

1. (transitive) to be friendly with

Inflection

Conjugation of ḫnms (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: ḫnms

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ḫnms ḫnmsw, ḫnms ḫnmst ḫnms ḫnms ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ḫnms ḥr ḫnms m ḫnms r ḫnms suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect ḫnms.n ḫnmsw, ḫnms consecutive ḫnms.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative ḫnmst perfective3 ḫnms active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 ḫnms.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective ḫnms active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 ḫnmsw, ḫnms ḫnmsw, ḫnms potentialis1 ḫnms.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive ḫnms active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect ḫnms.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective ḫnms active + .tj1, .tw2 ḫnms ḫnms, ḫnmsw5, ḫnmsy5 imperfective ḫnms, ḫnmsy, ḫnmsw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 ḫnms, ḫnmsj6, ḫnmsy6 ḫnms, ḫnmsw5 prospective ḫnms, ḫnmstj7 — ḫnmswtj1 4, ḫnmstj4, ḫnmst4 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.

Noun

 m

1. friend

Inflection

Declension of ḫnms (masculine)

singular	ḫnms
dual	ḫnmswj
plural	ḫnmsw

Noun

 m

1. a kind of beer

Inflection

Declension of ḫnms (masculine)

singular	ḫnms
dual	ḫnmswj
plural	ḫnmsw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫnms  

ḫnms

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 294.13–295.7, 295.10–295.11
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 193
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 240.