jmꜣḫ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /imɑx/
  • Conventional anglicization: imakh

Noun

 m

1. worthiness of attention, care, respect, and remembrance by future generations; roughly dignity, honor

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jmꜣḫ  

jmꜣḫ	jmꜣḫ

Verb

 4-lit.

1. (intransitive) to be worthy of attention, care, respect, and remembrance; to be honored or revered (+ ḫr: by)
   • 6th Dynasty, Giza, Western Cemetery, Shaft G 2188 Y, Block of sunk relief inscription mentioning the dog Abutiu (35-10-22/Cairo JE 67573), lines 6–10:

     
     
     

     rḏj ḥm.f [s]fṯ ḫwz n[.f] jz jn jzwt nt (j)qdw jr.n n.f ḥm.f nw r (j)mꜣḫ.f

     His Majesty gave pine oil and (ordered) that a tomb be built for him by a gang of builders. His majesty has done this for him in order that he be honoured.

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
jmꜣḫ	jmꜣḫw, jmꜣḫ	jmꜣḫt	jmꜣḫ	jmꜣḫ

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	jmꜣḫ.n	consecutive	jmꜣḫ.jn
terminative	jmꜣḫt
perfective3	jmꜣḫ	obligative1	jmꜣḫ.ḫr
imperfective	jmꜣḫ
prospective3	jmꜣḫw, jmꜣḫ	potentialis1	jmꜣḫ.kꜣ
subjunctive	jmꜣḫ

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	jmꜣḫ.n	—	—
perfective	jmꜣḫ	jmꜣḫ	jmꜣḫ, jmꜣḫw5, jmꜣḫy5
imperfective	jmꜣḫ, jmꜣḫy, jmꜣḫw5	jmꜣḫ, jmꜣḫj6, jmꜣḫy6	jmꜣḫ, jmꜣḫw5
prospective	jmꜣḫ, jmꜣḫtj7	jmꜣḫwtj1 4, jmꜣḫtj4, jmꜣḫt4
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.

Derived terms

• jmꜣḫw
• jmꜣḫt

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 301–302, 364.