ḥzmn

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

 4-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to menstruate
Inflection
Conjugation of ḥzmn (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: ḥzmn
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
ḥzmn
 ḥzmnw, ḥzmn
 ḥzmnt
 ḥzmn
 ḥzmn
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
ḥzmn
 ḥr ḥzmn
 m ḥzmn
 r ḥzmn
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect ḥzmn.n
 consecutive ḥzmn.jn
terminative ḥzmnt
perfective3 ḥzmn
 obligative1 ḥzmn.ḫr
imperfective ḥzmn
prospective3 ḥzmnw, ḥzmn
 potentialis1 ḥzmn.kꜣ
subjunctive ḥzmn
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active active passive
perfect ḥzmn.n
 — —
perfective ḥzmn
 ḥzmn
 ḥzmn, ḥzmnw5, ḥzmny5
imperfective ḥzmn, ḥzmny, ḥzmnw5
 ḥzmn, ḥzmnj6, ḥzmny6
 ḥzmn, ḥzmnw5
prospective ḥzmn, ḥzmntj7
 ḥzmnwtj1 4, ḥzmntj4, ḥzmnt4

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.

Noun

 m

  1. menstruation

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

 m

  1. natron [since the Pyramid Texts]
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥzmn  


ḥsmn ḥzmn
Derived terms
  • ḥzmn dšr
Descendants
  • Coptic: ϩⲟⲥⲙ (hosm)

Etymology 3

Compare Hebrew חַשְׁמַל

Pronunciation

Noun

 m

  1. bronze [since Old Kingdom]

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Noun

 m

  1. amethyst

References

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