ḫmt

See also: HMT and ḥmt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɛmɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: khemet

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to think, to consider

Usage notes

The apparent plural strokes in the writing of this word are a determinative borrowed from the full writing of the similar word ḫmtw (“three”).

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
ḫmt	ḫmtw, ḫmt	ḫmtt	ḫmt	ḫmt

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	ḫmt.n	ḫmtw, ḫmt	consecutive	ḫmt.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	ḫmtt
perfective3	ḫmt	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	ḫmt.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	ḫmt	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	ḫmt	ḫmtt	potentialis1	ḫmt.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	ḫmt	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	ḫmt.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	ḫmt	active + .tj1, .tw2	ḫmt	ḫmt, ḫmtw5, ḫmty5
imperfective	ḫmt, ḫmty, ḫmtw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	ḫmt, ḫmtj6, ḫmty6	ḫmt, ḫmtw5
prospective	ḫmt, ḫmttj7	—	ḫmttj4, ḫmtt4
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 ḫmt  

ḫmt

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to stab [Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection

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

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
ḫmt	ḫmtw, ḫmt	ḫmtt	ḫmt	ḫmt

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	ḫmt.n	ḫmtw, ḫmt	consecutive	ḫmt.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	ḫmtt
perfective3	ḫmt	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	ḫmt.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	ḫmt	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	ḫmt	ḫmtt	potentialis1	ḫmt.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	ḫmt	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	ḫmt.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	ḫmt	active + .tj1, .tw2	ḫmt	ḫmt, ḫmtw5, ḫmty5
imperfective	ḫmt, ḫmty, ḫmtw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	ḫmt, ḫmtj6, ḫmty6	ḫmt, ḫmtw5
prospective	ḫmt, ḫmttj7	—	ḫmttj4, ḫmtt4
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 ḫmt  

ḫmty

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 171, 270.
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 284.15