šmw

See also: smw, Smw, and SMW

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaːmaw/ → /ˈʃaːmaw/ → /ˈʃaːmə/ → /ʃoːm/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaːmaw/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaːmaw/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaːmə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʃoːm/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ʃɛmuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: shemu

Noun

 m

1. harvest

Inflection

singular	šmw
dual	šmwwj
plural	šmww

Declension of šmw (masculine)

Noun

 m

1. the harvest season; one of three Egyptian seasons, spanning from March to July.

Inflection

singular	šmw
dual	šmwwj
plural	šmww

Declension of šmw (masculine)

Hypernyms

• tr

Descendants

• Coptic: ϣⲱⲙ (šōm)
• → English: Shemu, Shomu

See also

Seasons in Egyptian · trw (layout · text)
ꜣḫt (“Inundation”)	prt (“Emergence”)	šmw (“Harvest”)

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 107, 241.