ꜥꜣm

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Noun
T14m

 m

  1. A member of one of the foreign Asian peoples living north and east of the Egyptian borders; Asian, Semite [since the Old Kingdom]
    • c. 1555 BCE, Second Stela of Kamose
      whmG37ib Z1
      k      		 ir
      f      		 T14mA14A
      X      		 z
      G37
      ma
      k      		 swr
      r      		 imwA1
      gs      		 ir
      p nw      		 n
      k      		 Amwpr
      k
      ma
      t x      		 A38n&A1 T14mwA14A
      Z2      		 n
      M16 A      		 q
      A1
      wh m [sic] jb.k jr.f ꜥꜣm ẖz m.k swrj.j m jrp n kꜣmw.k m ꜥtḫ n.j ꜥꜣmw n ḥꜣq.j
      May your heart fail, you vile Asiatic! Look, I drink of the wine of your vineyards, which is pressed by the Asiatics I have captured.
  2. Syrian slave

Usage notes

This word is conventionally translated as Asiatic; it is often found in opposition to the word for foreigners south of Egypt, nḥsj.

Inflection
Declension of ꜥꜣm (masculine)
singular
T14m

ꜥꜣm
dual
T14mwy

ꜥꜣmwj
plural
T14mw

ꜥꜣmw

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥꜣm  
T14mA13
T14mA1
T14mA14A
a
O31		 T14mA1
O29
a		 mT14
O29
D36		 G17T14A13
ꜥꜣm ꜥꜣm ꜥꜣm ꜥꜣm ꜥꜣm ꜥꜣm
[Old Kingdom] [Middle Kingdom]

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Fayyumic Coptic: ⲁⲙⲏ (amē)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲁⲙⲉ (ame)

Noun
T14mM3

 m

  1. Throwing stick, boomerang [18th Dynasty]

Inflection
Declension of ꜥꜣm (masculine)
singular ꜥꜣm
dual ꜥꜣmwj
plural ꜥꜣmw

References
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