ꜥꜣm

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Egyptian

Pronunciation

Noun

T14m

 m

  1. A member of one of the foreign Asian peoples living north and east of the Egyptian borders; Asian, Semite
    • c. 1555 BCE, Second Stela of Kamose:
      whm}]G37ib Z1
      k      		 ir
      f      		 T14mA14A
      X      		 z
      G37

      ma
      k      		 swr
      r      		 imwA1
      gs      		 ir
      p nw      		 n
      k      		 Amwpr
      k

      ma
      t x      		 A38n&A1 T14mwA14A
      Z2      		 n
      M16 A      		 q
      A1
      wh{m} jb.k jr.f ꜥꜣm ẖz m.k swrj.j m jrp n(j) kꜣmw.k m ꜥtḫ n.j ꜥꜣmw n(j) ḥꜣq.j
      May your heart fail, you wretched Asiatic! Look, I drink of the wine of your vineyard, which the Asiatics I have captured press for me.
  2. Syrian slave
  3. herdsman

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)
singular
T14m

ꜥꜣm
dual
T14mwy

ꜥꜣmwj
plural
T14mw

ꜥꜣmw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥꜣm  
a
O31		 T14m
A77
aA
a		 mT14
aA
a		 mT14A13
aA
a		 AmT14A1
T14mA1
T14mA13
O31mA40
ꜥꜣm ꜥꜣm ꜥꜣm ꜥꜣm ꜥꜣm ꜥꜣm ꜥꜣm

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Demotic: ꜥꜣm

Noun

T14m
T15qA

 m

  1. throwing stick, boomerang

Inflection

Declension of ꜥꜣm (masculine)
singular ꜥꜣm
dual ꜥꜣmwj
plural ꜥꜣmw

References

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