znḥm

Egyptian

Etymology

Perhaps from a Proto-Afroasiatic *sulx̣am, cognate with Hebrew סָלְעָם (solʿām, “locust”).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /zunˈħuːmVw/ → /sunˈħuːmVw/ → /sənˈħuːmə/ → /sənˈħeːm/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /zunˈħuːmVw/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /sunˈħuːmVw/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /sənˈħuːmə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /sənˈħeːm/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɛnhɛm/
  • Conventional anglicization: zenhem

Noun

 m

1. locust

Inflection

Declension of znḥm (masculine)

singular	znḥm
dual	znḥmwj
plural	znḥmw

Descendants

Possibly reshaped by folk etymology:

• >? Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲁⲛⲛⲉϩ (sanneh)