𒄭𒅎𒈠𒀸

Hittite

𒄭𒅎𒈠𒀸	The cuneiform font displayed by default does not accurately represent the Hittite script. Please download and install Hittite fonts from www.hethport.uni-wuerzburg.de.

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym- (“to imitate”), cognate with Latin imāgō f (“image, imitation”) and Latin imitor (“to imitate”).

Noun

𒄭𒅎𒈠𒀸 • (ḫi-im-ma-aš /ḫimmaš/) c

1. imitation, substitute, replica

Inflection

Broad transcription
a-stem noun¹
Common gender	Singular	Plural
nominative	ḫimmaš	ḫimmeš, ḫimmiš
vocative	ḫimmi, ḫimma	–
accusative	ḫimman	ḫimmuš
genitive	ḫimmaš	ḫimmaš, ḫimman²
dative-locative	ḫimmi	ḫimmaš
allative	ḫimma	–
ablative	ḫimmaz(a)	ḫimmaz(a)
instrumental	ḫimmit	ḫimmit
1. The desinences in this table have been normalized. For alternative endings see Appendix:Hittite declension. 2. Only in Old Hittite.

Cuneiform script
a-stem noun
Common gender	Singular	Plural
nominative	𒄭𒅎𒈠𒀸	𒄭𒅎𒈨𒌍, 𒄭𒅎𒈪𒅖
	ḫi-im-ma-aš	ḫi-im-me-eš, ḫi-im-mi-iš
vocative	𒄭𒅎𒈠, 𒄭𒅎𒈪	–
	ḫi-im-ma, ḫi-im-mi
accusative	𒄭𒅎𒈠𒀭	𒄭𒅎𒈬𒍑
	ḫi-im-ma-an	ḫi-im-mu-uš
genitive	𒄭𒅎𒈠𒀸	𒄭𒅎𒈠𒀸, 𒄭𒅎𒈠𒀭
	ḫi-im-ma-aš	ḫi-im-ma-aš, ḫi-im-ma-an
dative-locative	𒄭𒅎𒈪	𒄭𒅎𒈠𒀸
	ḫi-im-mi	ḫi-im-ma-aš
allative	𒄭𒅎𒈠	–
	ḫi-im-ma
ablative	𒄭𒅎𒈠𒊍	𒄭𒅎𒈠𒊍
	ḫi-im-ma-az	ḫi-im-ma-az
instrumental	𒄭𒅎𒈪𒀉	𒄭𒅎𒈪𒀉
	ḫi-im-mi-it	ḫi-im-mi-it
More than one syllabification is possible. For more information see Wiktionary:Hittite transliteration