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ḫm

See also: hm, HM, .hm, h'm, H.M., and ḥm

ḫm - Egyptian

Pronunciation

 
  • (reconstructed) IPA: /χaːm/ → /χaːm/ → /χoːm/
  • (modern Egyptological) IPA: /xɛm/
    • Conventional anglicization: khem

Verb

 2-lit.

  1. (transitive) to remain ignorant of; to not know or learn

Inflection

infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
ḫm ḫmw, ḫm ḫmt ḫm, j.ḫm ḫm, j.ḫm
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
ḫm ḥr ḫm m ḫm r ḫm
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect ḫm.n ḫmw, ḫm consecutive ḫm.jn active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative ḫmt
perfective3 ḫm active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 ḫm.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective ḫm, j.ḫm1 active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 ḫm ḫmm potentialis1 ḫm.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive ḫm, j.ḫm1 active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect ḫm.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — —
perfective ḫm active + .tj1, .tw2 ḫm ḫmm, ḫmmj6, ḫm2, ḫmw2 5, ḫmy2 5
imperfective j.ḫm1, ḫm, ḫmy, ḫmw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 j.ḫm1, j.ḫmw1 5, ḫm, ḫmj6, ḫmy6 ḫm, ḫmw5
prospective ḫm, ḫmtj7 — ḫmtj4, ḫmt4
  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.

Antonyms

Derived terms

Proper noun

 m./f. topo.

  1. Letopolis

Alternative forms

ḫm

Descendants

Meaning and Definition of ḫm
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