mḥ

Verb

 * 1)  to fill
 * 2)  to physically fill (a container, vessel, granary, ship, etc.) (+  or  : with)
 * 3)  to fill (a space), to crowd
 * 4)  to fill (one’s hands or arms) with (something); also, to embrace (someone)
 * 5)  to fill (a person, one’s body, or one’s mouth) with (food)
 * 6)  to fill (a place) with (beauty, joy, scent, etc.)
 * 7)  to complete, to make complete with all members or a full complement, to make whole
 * 8)  to pay in full
 * 9)  to inlay (+ : with)
 * 10)  to be(come) full
 * 11)  to be(come) physically full (+  or : of)
 * 12)  to be(come) replete with, full of, abounding in
 * 13)  to be(come) pregnant, gravid
 * 14)  to be(come) complete with all members, full, whole, fully assembled
 * 15)  to hold or seize
 * 16)  to seize with one’s hand, grasp, lay hold of
 * 17)  to hold fast, to grasp
 * 18)  to seize (something) for oneself, to take
 * 19)  to capture (a person), to hold (someone) captive
 * 20)  to capture, to conquer (a city)
 * 21)  to hold fast to (orders, plans, etc.), to not deviate from
 * 22)  to begin, to set about (doing something)

Usage notes
The ‘seize, hold’ senses were originally used with the preposition and developed from the ‘fill, be(come) full’ senses: ‘become full of’ → ‘become complete with’ → ‘take’. Later the preposition began to be omitted.

Alternative forms
Starting in the 18th Dynasty, the senses relating to ‘seize, hold, capture’ are usually written with a different determinative:

Similarly, the sense of ‘inlay’ starts taking on different determinatives around the same time:

Descendants
(From the imperative:)

Etymology 2
From a form of the verb above; the original sense may have been the number ‘brought to fullness’, ‘made complete’.

Noun

 * 1) forearm

Noun

 * 1) a cubit, a measure of length equivalent to 28  or 7  (about 52.5 centimetres).
 * 2) cubit rod, rod the length of a cubit
 * 1) cubit rod, rod the length of a cubit