dgm

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼuːkʼVm/ → /ˈtʼuːkʼVm/ → /ˈtʼuːkʼəm/ → /ˈtʼeːkʼəm/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼuːkʼVm/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼuːkʼVm/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼuːkʼəm/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼeːkʼəm/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /dɛɡɛm/
  • Conventional anglicization: degem

Noun

 m

1. castor oil plant

Inflection

Declension of dgm (masculine)

singular	dgm
dual	dgmwj
plural	dgmw

Descendants

• Demotic: tgm
  • ⇒ Bohairic Coptic: ϫⲓⲥⲙⲓⲥ (čismis)
  • ⇒ Sahidic Coptic: ⲧⲏϭⲙⲉⲥ (tēcmes)

References

• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 136