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
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.

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