nhmhm

Egyptian

Etymology

Reduplication of nhm (“to yell”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛhɛmhɛm/
  • Conventional anglicization: nehemhem

Verb

 5-lit.

1. (intransitive) to yell loudly or yell a lot, to roar

Inflection

Conjugation of nhmhm (quinquiliteral / 5-lit. / 5rad.) — base stem: nhmhm

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
nhmhm	nhmhmw, nhmhm	nhmhmt	nhmhm	nhmhm

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

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	contingent
		aspect / mood	active
perfect	nhmhm.n	consecutive	nhmhm.jn
terminative	nhmhmt
perfective3	nhmhm	obligative1	nhmhm.ḫr
imperfective	nhmhm
prospective3	nhmhmw, nhmhm	potentialis1	nhmhm.kꜣ
subjunctive	nhmhm

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms	participles
	active	active	passive
perfect	nhmhm.n	—	—
perfective	nhmhm	nhmhm	nhmhm, nhmhmw5, nhmhmy5
imperfective	nhmhm, nhmhmy, nhmhmw5	nhmhm, nhmhmj6, nhmhmy6	nhmhm, nhmhmw5
prospective	nhmhm, nhmhmtj7	nhmhmwtj1 4, nhmhmtj4, nhmhmt4
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.

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 157.