ꜥꜣm
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɑːʔɑm/
- Conventional anglicization: aam
Noun
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- A member of one of the foreign Asian peoples living north and east of the Egyptian borders; Asian, Semite [since the Old Kingdom]
- c. 1555 BCE, Second Stela of Kamose
- wh m [sic] jb.k jr.f ꜥꜣm ẖz m.k swrj.j m jrp n kꜣmw.k m ꜥtḫ n.j ꜥꜣmw n ḥꜣq.j
- May your heart fail, you vile Asiatic! Look, I drink of the wine of your vineyards, which is pressed by the Asiatics I have captured.
- c. 1555 BCE, Second Stela of Kamose
- Syrian slave
Usage notes
This word is conventionally translated as Asiatic; it is often found in opposition to the word for foreigners south of Egypt, nḥsj.
Inflection
Declension of ꜥꜣm (masculine)
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ꜥꜣm | |||||
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| dual |
ꜥꜣmwj | |||||
| plural |
ꜥꜣmw |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥꜣm
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Derived terms
- ꜥꜣmt
Descendants
- Fayyumic Coptic: ⲁⲙⲏ (amē)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲁⲙⲉ (ame)
Noun
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- Throwing stick, boomerang [18th Dynasty]
Inflection
Declension of ꜥꜣm (masculine)
| singular | ꜥꜣm |
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| dual | ꜥꜣmwj |
| plural | ꜥꜣmw |
Related terms
- ꜥmꜥꜣt
References
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 112
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 167.19–167.21