ḥmj

See also: hmj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb

 3ae inf.

  1. (intransitive) to give way, to yield, to retreat
  2. (intransitive, imperative) turn back!
  3. (transitive) to repulse, to drive away (+ r or ḥꜣ: from (a place))

Inflection

Conjugation of ḥmj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: ḥm, geminated stem: ḥmm
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
ḥmt, ḥmj
ḥmw, ḥm
ḥmt, ḥmwt, ḥmyt
ḥm
ḥm, ḥmy
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
ḥm8, ḥmm8
ḥr ḥmt, ḥr ḥmj
m ḥmt, m ḥmj
r ḥmt, r ḥmj
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect ḥm.n
ḥmw, ḥm, ḥmy
consecutive ḥm.jn
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative ḥmt, ḥmyt
perfective3 ḥm
active + .tj1, .tw2
obligative1 ḥm.ḫr
active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective ḥm, ḥmy
active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 ḥmw, ḥm, ḥmy
ḥmw, ḥm, ḥmy
potentialis1 ḥm.kꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive ḥm, ḥmy
active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect ḥm.n
active + .tj1, .tw2
perfective ḥmw1, ḥmy, ḥm
active + .tj1, .tw2
ḥm
ḥmy, ḥm
imperfective ḥmm, ḥmmy, ḥmmw5
active + .tj1, .tw2
ḥmm, ḥmmj6, ḥmmy6
ḥmm, ḥmmw5
prospective ḥmw1, ḥmy, ḥm, ḥmtj7
ḥmwtj1 4, ḥmtj4, ḥmt4

1 Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
2 Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
3 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.
4 Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. 5 Only in the masculine singular.
6 Only in the masculine.
7 Only in the feminine.
8 Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

Alternative forms

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