ḥḥ
Egyptian
| 𓁨 1,000,000 |
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| Cardinal: ḥḥ Ordinal: mḥ-ḥḥ | ||
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ħɛħ/
- Conventional anglicization: heh
Numeral
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- (cardinal) million [since the 1st Dynasty, chiefly Old Egyptian]
- (by extension) a very large amount [chiefly Middle and Late Egyptian]
Inflection
Declension of ḥḥ
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| singular | ḥḥ |
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Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥḥ
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| ḥḥ | ḥḥ | ḥḥ | ḥḥ | ḥḥ | |||||||||||||||||
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Derived terms
Terms derived from ḥḥ
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Descendants
- Coptic: ϩⲁϩ (hah)
Noun
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- the floodwaters of the inundation [Greco-Roman Period]
References
- Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second 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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