ḫnm

ḫnm

See also: ẖnm

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɛnɛm/
  • Conventional anglicization: khenem

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to smell (a smell)
2. (transitive) to breathe in, to inhale (air, wind, etc.)
3. (transitive) to make (something) smell good
4. (transitive) to please (someone) with a gift (+ m: of)
5. (intransitive) to be pleased

Inflection

Conjugation of ḫnm (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ḫnm, geminated stem: ḫnmm

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
ḫnm	ḫnmw, ḫnm	ḫnmt	ḫnm	ḫnm

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
ḫnm	ḥr ḫnm	m ḫnm	r ḫnm

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	ḫnm.n	ḫnmw, ḫnm	consecutive	ḫnm.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	ḫnmt
perfective3	ḫnm	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative	ḫnm.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	ḫnm	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	ḫnm	ḫnmm	potentialis	ḫnm.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	ḫnm	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	ḫnm.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	ḫnm	active + .tj1, .tw2	ḫnm	ḫnm, ḫnmw5, ḫnmy5
imperfective	ḫnm, ḫnmy, ḫnmw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	ḫnm, ḫnmj6, ḫnmy6	ḫnm, ḫnmw5
prospective	ḫnm, ḫnmtj7	—	ḫnmtj4, ḫnmt4
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, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫnm  

ḫnm

Derived terms

• ḫnmw
• ḫnmt

Noun

 m

1. friend [Late Period]

Inflection

Declension of ḫnm (masculine)

singular	ḫnm
dual	ḫnmwj
plural	ḫnmw

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive, of goddesses) to rear (a god in the form of a child)

Inflection

Conjugation of ḫnm (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ḫnm, geminated stem: ḫnmm

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
ḫnm	ḫnmw, ḫnm	ḫnmt	ḫnm	ḫnm

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
ḫnm	ḥr ḫnm	m ḫnm	r ḫnm

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	ḫnm.n	ḫnmw, ḫnm	consecutive	ḫnm.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	ḫnmt
perfective3	ḫnm	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative	ḫnm.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	ḫnm	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	ḫnm	ḫnmm	potentialis	ḫnm.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	ḫnm	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	ḫnm.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	ḫnm	active + .tj1, .tw2	ḫnm	ḫnm, ḫnmw5, ḫnmy5
imperfective	ḫnm, ḫnmy, ḫnmw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	ḫnm, ḫnmj6, ḫnmy6	ḫnm, ḫnmw5
prospective	ḫnm, ḫnmtj7	—	ḫnmtj4, ḫnmt4
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, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫnm  

ḫnm

Derived terms

• ḫnmt

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 292.9–292.15, 293.9
• Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 192–193