nhm

See also: nḥm

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛhɛm/
  • Conventional anglicization: nehem

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to yell

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural nhm nhmw, nhm nhmt nhm nhm ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 nhm ḥr nhm m nhm r nhm suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect nhm.n consecutive nhm.jn terminative nhmt perfective3 nhm obligative1 nhm.ḫr imperfective nhm prospective3 nhm potentialis1 nhm.kꜣ subjunctive nhm verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect nhm.n — — perfective nhm nhm nhm, nhmw5, nhmy5 imperfective nhm, nhmy, nhmw5 nhm, nhmj6, nhmy6 nhm, nhmw5 prospective nhm, nhmtj7 nhmtj4, nhmt4 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.

Derived terms

• nhmhm

Related terms

• hmhmt

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 170.