ḥzmn

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛzmɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: hezmen

Verb

 4-lit.

1. (intransitive) to menstruate

Inflection

Conjugation of ḥzmn (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: ḥzmn

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
ḥzmn	ḥzmnw, ḥzmn	ḥzmnt	ḥzmn	ḥzmn

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	ḥzmn.n	consecutive	ḥzmn.jn
terminative	ḥzmnt
perfective3	ḥzmn	obligative1	ḥzmn.ḫr
imperfective	ḥzmn
prospective3	ḥzmnw, ḥzmn	potentialis1	ḥzmn.kꜣ
subjunctive	ḥzmn

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	ḥzmn.n	—	—
perfective	ḥzmn	ḥzmn	ḥzmn, ḥzmnw5, ḥzmny5
imperfective	ḥzmn, ḥzmny, ḥzmnw5	ḥzmn, ḥzmnj6, ḥzmny6	ḥzmn, ḥzmnw5
prospective	ḥzmn, ḥzmntj7	ḥzmnwtj1 4, ḥzmntj4, ḥzmnt4
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.

Noun

 m

1. menstruation

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛzmɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: hezmen

Noun

 m

1. natron [since the Pyramid Texts]

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥzmn  

ḥsmn	ḥzmn

Derived terms

• ḥzmn dšr

Descendants

• Coptic: ϩⲟⲥⲙ (hosm)

Etymology 3

Compare Hebrew חַשְׁמַל

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛzmɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: hezmen

Noun

 m

1. bronze [since Old Kingdom]

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛzmɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: hezmen

Noun

 m

1. amethyst

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 242.
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, pages 40, 163
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 162.11–163.2, 163.8, 163.14–163.25
• Dickson, Paul (2006) Dictionary of Middle Egyptian in Gardiner Classification Order‎^[2]