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
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.

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.