ꜥm
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɑːm/
- Conventional anglicization: am
Verb
2-lit.
- (transitive) To swallow, devour.
- (transitive) To know.
Inflection
Conjugation of ꜥm (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: ꜥm, geminated stem: ꜥmm
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
ꜥm | ꜥmw, ꜥm | ꜥmt | ꜥm, j.ꜥm | ꜥm, j.ꜥm |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
ꜥm | ḥr ꜥm | m ꜥm | r ꜥm |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | ꜥm.n | ꜥmw, ꜥm | consecutive | ꜥm.jn | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | ꜥmt | ||||
perfective3 | ꜥm | active + .tj1, .tw2 | obligative | ꜥm.ḫr | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | ꜥm, j.ꜥm1 | active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | ꜥm | ꜥmm | potentialis | ꜥm.kꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | ꜥm, j.ꜥm1 | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | ꜥm.n | active + .tj1, .tw2 | — | — |
perfective | ꜥm | active + .tj1, .tw2 | ꜥm | ꜥmm, ꜥmmj6, ꜥm2, ꜥmw2 5, ꜥmy2 5 |
imperfective | j.ꜥm1, ꜥm, ꜥmy, ꜥmw5 | active + .tj1, .tw2 | j.ꜥm1, j.ꜥmw1 5, ꜥm, ꜥmj6, ꜥmy6 | ꜥm, ꜥmw5 |
prospective | ꜥm, ꜥmtj7 | — | ꜥmtj4, ꜥmt4 | |
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Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥm
ꜥm |
Derived terms
- ꜥm jb
- ꜥm-ḥḥ
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 457.