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Egyptian
Pronunciation
Verb
3-lit.
- (transitive) to smell (a smell)
- (transitive) to breathe in, to inhale (air, wind, etc.)
- (transitive) to make (something) smell good
- (transitive) to please (someone) with a gift (+ m: of)
- (intransitive) to be pleased
Inflection
Conjugation of ḫnm (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ḫnm, geminated stem: ḫnmm
| infinitival forms
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imperative
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| infinitive
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negatival complement
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complementary infinitive1
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singular
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plural
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ḫnm
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ḫnmw, ḫnm
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ḫnmt
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ḫnm
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ḫnm
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| ‘pseudoverbal’ forms
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| stative stem
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periphrastic imperfective2
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periphrastic prospective2
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ḫnm
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ḥr ḫnm
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m ḫnm
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r ḫnm
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| suffix conjugation
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| aspect / mood
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active
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passive
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contingent
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| aspect / mood
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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ḫnm.n
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ḫnmw, ḫnm
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consecutive
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ḫnm.jn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| terminative
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ḫnmt
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| perfective3
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ḫnm
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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obligative1
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ḫnm.ḫr
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| imperfective
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ḫnm
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| prospective3
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ḫnm
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ḫnmm
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potentialis1
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ḫnm.kꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| subjunctive
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ḫnm
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| verbal adjectives
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| aspect / mood
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relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
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participles
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| active
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passive
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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ḫnm.n
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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—
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—
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| perfective
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ḫnm
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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ḫnm
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ḫnm, ḫnmw5, ḫnmy5
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| imperfective
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ḫnm, ḫnmy, ḫnmw5
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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ḫnm, ḫnmj6, ḫnmy6
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ḫnm, ḫnmw5
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| prospective
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ḫnm, ḫnmtj7
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—
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ḫnmtj4, ḫnmt4
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- 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, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn.
- Only in the masculine singular.
- Only in the masculine.
- Only in the feminine.
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫnm
Derived terms
Noun
m
- friend
Inflection
Declension of ḫnm (masculine)
Verb
3-lit.
- (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
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singular
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plural
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ḫnm
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ḫnmw, ḫnm
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ḫnmt
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ḫnm
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ḫnm
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| ‘pseudoverbal’ forms
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| stative stem
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periphrastic imperfective2
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periphrastic prospective2
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ḫnm
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ḥr ḫnm
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m ḫnm
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r ḫnm
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| suffix conjugation
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| aspect / mood
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active
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passive
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contingent
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| aspect / mood
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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ḫnm.n
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ḫnmw, ḫnm
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consecutive
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ḫnm.jn
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| terminative
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ḫnmt
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| perfective3
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ḫnm
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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obligative1
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ḫnm.ḫr
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| imperfective
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ḫnm
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| prospective3
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ḫnm
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ḫnmm
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potentialis1
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ḫnm.kꜣ
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| subjunctive
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ḫnm
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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| verbal adjectives
|
| aspect / mood
|
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
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participles
|
| active
|
passive
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active
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passive
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| perfect
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ḫnm.n
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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—
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—
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| perfective
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ḫnm
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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ḫnm
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ḫnm, ḫnmw5, ḫnmy5
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| imperfective
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ḫnm, ḫnmy, ḫnmw5
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active + .tj1, .tw2
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ḫnm, ḫnmj6, ḫnmy6
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ḫnm, ḫnmw5
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| prospective
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ḫnm, ḫnmtj7
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—
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ḫnmtj4, ḫnmt4
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- 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, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn.
- Only in the masculine singular.
- Only in the masculine.
- Only in the feminine.
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫnm
Derived terms
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 292.9–292.15, 293.9
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, pages 192–193
