ꜥẖm

See also: ꜥḫm

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ʕaˈçaːmaw/ → /ʕaˈçaːmaw/ → /ʕaˈçaːmə/ → /ʕaˈçoːm/

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

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑːçɛm/
  • Conventional anglicization: akhem

Noun

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1. (originally) cultic image of a perching falcon
2. cultic image of a god in general
3. body of a god (as opposed to the god’s ba)
4. falcon

Inflection

Declension of ꜥẖm (masculine)

singular	ꜥẖm
dual	ꜥẖmwj
plural	ꜥẖmw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥẖm  

ꜥšm	ꜥḫm	ꜥšm	ꜥḫm
			[18th Dynasty]

Derived terms

• ꜥẖmw nw ꜣḫt

Descendants

• Demotic: ꜥẖm
  • Coptic: ⲁϧⲱⲙ (axōm)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 225.14–226.5
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 48