jmꜣḫ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Noun

 m

  1. worthiness of attention, care, respect, and remembrance by future generations; roughly dignity, honor

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jmꜣḫ  
jmꜣḫ jmꜣḫ

Verb

 4-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to be worthy of attention, care, respect, and remembrance; to be honored or revered (+ ḫr: by)
    • 6th Dynasty, Giza, Western Cemetery, Shaft G 2188 Y, Block of sunk relief inscription mentioning the dog Abutiu (35-10-22/Cairo JE 67573), lines 6–10:[1]







      rḏj ḥm.f [s]fṯ ḫwz n[.f] jz jn jzwt nt (j)qdw jr.n n.f ḥm.f nw r (j)mꜣḫ.f
      His Majesty gave pine oil and (ordered) that a tomb be built for him by a gang of builders. His majesty has done this for him in order that he be honoured.

Inflection
Conjugation of jmꜣḫ (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: jmꜣḫ
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
jmꜣḫ
 jmꜣḫw, jmꜣḫ
 jmꜣḫt
 jmꜣḫ
 jmꜣḫ
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
jmꜣḫ
 ḥr jmꜣḫ
 m jmꜣḫ
 r jmꜣḫ
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect jmꜣḫ.n
 consecutive jmꜣḫ.jn
terminative jmꜣḫt
perfective3 jmꜣḫ
 obligative1 jmꜣḫ.ḫr
imperfective jmꜣḫ
prospective3 jmꜣḫw, jmꜣḫ
 potentialis1 jmꜣḫ.kꜣ
subjunctive jmꜣḫ
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active active passive
perfect jmꜣḫ.n
 — —
perfective jmꜣḫ
 jmꜣḫ
 jmꜣḫ, jmꜣḫw5, jmꜣḫy5
imperfective jmꜣḫ, jmꜣḫy, jmꜣḫw5
 jmꜣḫ, jmꜣḫj6, jmꜣḫy6
 jmꜣḫ, jmꜣḫw5
prospective jmꜣḫ, jmꜣḫtj7
 jmꜣḫwtj1 4, jmꜣḫtj4, jmꜣḫt4
  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.

Derived terms

References
  1. Reisner, George A. (1936) “The Dog which was Honored by the King of Upper and Lower Egypt” in Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, volume XXXIV, number 206, pages 96–99
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