ḥm-nṯr

Egyptian

Etymology

From ḥm (“servant”) +‎ nṯr (“god”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘servant of the god’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈħamˌnacaɾ/ → /ˈħamˌnataʔ/ → /ˈħannəta/ → /ˈħannətə/

Noun

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  1. priest
    Coordinate term: ḥmt-nṯr

Inflection

Declension of ḥm-nṯr (masculine)
singular ḥm-nṯr
dual ḥmwj-nṯr
plural ḥmw-nṯr

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Demotic Egyptian: ḥm-nṱr
  • → Meroitic: 𐦠𐦩𐦴 (ant /⁠annata⁠/)

References

  1. ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995), Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 57
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