ḥḥ

See also: hh, HH, hH, and ḫḫ

Egyptian
Egyptian numbers (edit)
𓁨
1,000,000
100000
    Cardinal: ḥḥ
    Ordinal: mḥ-ḥḥ

Pronunciation

Numeral
  1. (cardinal) million [since the 1st Dynasty, chiefly Old Egyptian]
  2. (by extension) a very large amount [chiefly Middle and Late Egyptian]

Inflection
Declension of ḥḥ
masculine feminine
singular ḥḥ
 —

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥḥ  
ḥḥ ḥḥ ḥḥ ḥḥ ḥḥ
[since the Middle Kingdom] [since the Middle Kingdom] [Greco-Roman Period, occasionally earlier]

Derived terms
  • ꜥm-ḥḥ
  • ḥḥ n ḥḥ
  • ḥḥ n zp
  • ḥḥ ḥr ḥḥ

Descendants
  • Coptic: ϩⲁϩ (hah)

Noun

 m

  1. the floodwaters of the inundation [Greco-Roman Period]

References
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.
  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
  • Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
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