ḫmt

See also: HMT and ḥmt

Egyptian

3-lit.

The apparent plural strokes

in the writing of this word are a determinative borrowed from the full writing of the similar word ḫmtw (“three”).

Conjugation of ḫmt (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ḫmt, geminated stem: ḫmtt

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
ḫmt	ḫmtw, ḫmt	ḫmtt	ḫmt	ḫmt

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective²		periphrastic prospective²
ḫmt	ḥr ḫmt	m ḫmt	r ḫmt

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	ḫmt.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	ḫmt	active + .tj¹, .tw²	ḫmt	ḫmt, ḫmtw⁵, ḫmty⁵
imperfective	ḫmt, ḫmty, ḫmtw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	ḫmt, ḫmtj⁶, ḫmty⁶	ḫmt, ḫmtw⁵
prospective	ḫmt, ḫmttj⁷	—	ḫmttj⁴, ḫmtt⁴
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 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. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫmt

ḫmt

3-lit.

Conjugation of ḫmt (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ḫmt, geminated stem: ḫmtt

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
ḫmt	ḫmtw, ḫmt	ḫmtt	ḫmt	ḫmt

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective²		periphrastic prospective²
ḫmt	ḥr ḫmt	m ḫmt	r ḫmt

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	ḫmt.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	ḫmt	active + .tj¹, .tw²	ḫmt	ḫmt, ḫmtw⁵, ḫmty⁵
imperfective	ḫmt, ḫmty, ḫmtw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	ḫmt, ḫmtj⁶, ḫmty⁶	ḫmt, ḫmtw⁵
prospective	ḫmt, ḫmttj⁷	—	ḫmttj⁴, ḫmtt⁴
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 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. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫmt

ḫmty

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 270 page 171, 270.
Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 284.15

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