jhm

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ihɛm/
  • Conventional anglicization: ihem

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to stall, to be held back or go slowly

Inflection

Conjugation of jhm (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: jhm, geminated stem: jhmm

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
jhm	jhmw, jhm	jhmt	jhm	jhm

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	jhm.n	consecutive	jhm.jn
terminative	jhmt
perfective3	jhm	obligative1	jhm.ḫr
imperfective	jhm
prospective3	jhm	potentialis1	jhm.kꜣ
subjunctive	jhm

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	jhm.n	—	—
perfective	jhm	jhm	jhm, jhmw5, jhmy5
imperfective	jhm, jhmy, jhmw5	jhm, jhmj6, jhmy6	jhm, jhmw5
prospective	jhm, jhmtj7	jhmtj4, jhmt4
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.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jhm  

jhm

Noun

 m

1. shouting

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 238, 456.
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 123