wḥm

See also: wHm

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Noun
wHmm

 m

  1. a herald

Inflection
Declension of wḥm (masculine)
singular wḥm
dual wḥmwj
plural wḥmw

Verb
wHmm

 3-lit.

  1. (transitive) to repeat, to do or say again
    • Stela of Ity, British Museum, Egyptian Antiquities, 586:
      iwwHm m
      n      		 W14z
      t      		 A1x
      r      		 M23t
      n
      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  
wHmmA2
wḥm

Derived terms

Descendants
  • 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
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