jwms

Egyptian

Etymology

Univerbation of jw (sentence-initial particle) +‎ ms (“surely”). The phrase jw ms was so often used to begin sentences intended to persuade that it became an idiom for an untruth or exaggeration.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iuːmɛs/
  • Conventional anglicization: iumes

Noun

 m

1. exaggeration, untruth, nonsense, humbug

Inflection

Declension of jwms (masculine)

singular	jwms
dual	jwmswj
plural	jwmsw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jwms  

jwms	ꜣms	jms

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 198, 456.
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, pages 3, 13