jmꜣḫ
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /imɑx/
- Conventional anglicization: imakh
Noun
m
- worthiness of attention, care, respect, and remembrance by future generations; roughly dignity, honor
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jmꜣḫ
jmꜣḫ | jmꜣḫ |
Verb
4-lit.
- (intransitive) to be worthy of attention, care, respect, and remembrance; to be honored or revered (+ ḫr: by)
- 6th Dynasty, Giza, Western Cemetery, Shaft G 2188 Y, Block of sunk relief inscription mentioning the dog Abutiu (35-10-22/Cairo JE 67573), lines 6–10:[1]
- rḏj ḥm.f [s]fṯ ḫwz n[.f] jz jn jzwt nt (j)qdw jr.n n.f ḥm.f nw r (j)mꜣḫ.f
- His Majesty gave pine oil and (ordered) that a tomb be built for him by a gang of builders. His majesty has done this for him in order that he be honoured.
- 6th Dynasty, Giza, Western Cemetery, Shaft G 2188 Y, Block of sunk relief inscription mentioning the dog Abutiu (35-10-22/Cairo JE 67573), lines 6–10:[1]
Inflection
Conjugation of jmꜣḫ (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: jmꜣḫ
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
jmꜣḫ | jmꜣḫw, jmꜣḫ | jmꜣḫt | jmꜣḫ | jmꜣḫ |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
jmꜣḫ | ḥr jmꜣḫ | m jmꜣḫ | r jmꜣḫ |
suffix conjugation | |||
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aspect / mood | active | contingent | |
aspect / mood | active | ||
perfect | jmꜣḫ.n | consecutive | jmꜣḫ.jn |
terminative | jmꜣḫt | ||
perfective3 | jmꜣḫ | obligative1 | jmꜣḫ.ḫr |
imperfective | jmꜣḫ | ||
prospective3 | jmꜣḫw, jmꜣḫ | potentialis1 | jmꜣḫ.kꜣ |
subjunctive | jmꜣḫ |
verbal adjectives | |||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | |
active | active | passive | |
perfect | jmꜣḫ.n | — | — |
perfective | jmꜣḫ | jmꜣḫ | jmꜣḫ, jmꜣḫw5, jmꜣḫy5 |
imperfective | jmꜣḫ, jmꜣḫy, jmꜣḫw5 | jmꜣḫ, jmꜣḫj6, jmꜣḫy6 | jmꜣḫ, jmꜣḫw5 |
prospective | jmꜣḫ, jmꜣḫtj7 | jmꜣḫwtj1 4, jmꜣḫtj4, jmꜣḫt4 | |
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Derived terms
- jmꜣḫw
- jmꜣḫt
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 364 page 301–302, 364.
- Reisner, George A. (1936) “The Dog which was Honored by the King of Upper and Lower Egypt” in Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, volume XXXIV, number 206, pages 96–99