Egyptian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
m
- tent [since the Middle Kingdom]
- ― jrj jmꜣ(w) ― to pitch a tent
- ― ḥr jmꜣ(w) ― to set up camp
- (figuratively) building, such as a hut, house, or office
Inflection
Declension of jmꜣw (masculine)
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jmꜣw
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jmꜣwwj
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jmꜣww
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jmꜣw
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jmꜣw
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jmw
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jmꜣm
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jmw
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Etymology 2
From jmꜣ (“to be friendly, charming, pleasing”) + -w.
Noun
m
- radiance of the sun; solar splendor or brilliance [since the 18th Dynasty]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jmꜣw
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jmꜣw
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jmꜣw
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jmꜣw
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jmꜣw
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jmꜣw
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jmw
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jm
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jmt
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References
- “jꜣm.w (lemma ID 25010)” and “jꜣm.w (lemma ID 24990)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae[1], Corpus issue 18, Web app version 2.1.5, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–26 July 2023
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926), Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[2], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 80.9, 81.1–81.7
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962), A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 20
- James P[eter] Allen (2010), Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 149.