wḥm

See also: wHm

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛhɛm/
  • Conventional anglicization: wehem

Noun

 m

1. a herald

Inflection

Declension of wḥm (masculine)

singular	wḥm
dual	wḥmwj
plural	wḥmw

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to repeat, to do or say again
   • Stela of Ity, British Museum, Egyptian Antiquities, 586:

     jw wḥm.n(.j) ḥzt ḫr nswt […]

     I repeated favour before the king […]

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural wḥm wḥmw, wḥm wḥmt wḥm wḥm ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 wḥm ḥr wḥm m wḥm r wḥm suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect wḥm.n wḥmw, wḥm consecutive wḥm.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative wḥmt perfective3 wḥm active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 wḥm.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective wḥm active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 wḥm wḥmm potentialis1 wḥm.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive wḥm active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect wḥm.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective wḥm active + .tj1, .tw2 wḥm wḥm, wḥmw5, wḥmy5 imperfective wḥm, wḥmy, wḥmw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 wḥm, wḥmj6, wḥmy6 wḥm, wḥmw5 prospective wḥm, wḥmtj7 — wḥmtj4, wḥmt4 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 wḥm  

wḥm

Derived terms

• m wḥm
• m wḥm ꜥ
• wḥmyt

Descendants

• Akhmimic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲱϩⲙⲉ (ouōhme)
• Bohairic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲱϩⲉⲙ (ouōhem), ⲃⲱϩⲉⲙ (bōhem), ⲟⲩⲟϩⲉⲙ (ouohem)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲱϩⲉⲙ (ouōhem), ⲟⲩⲱϩⲙ (ouōhm)
• Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲟⲩⲱϩⲙⲉ (ouōhme), ⲟⲩⲱϩⲙ (ouōhm)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲱϩⲙ (ouōhm)

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 250.
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 223
• Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 242