Egyptian
Etymology
ntj (“one for whom”) + n (“to, for”) + .f (“him”), thus literally ‘one for whom (there is something) for him’.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /nɛti ɛnʔɛf/, /ɛnti ɛnʔɛf/
- Conventional anglicization: neti en.ef, enti en.ef
Noun
m
- one who has things, one of the haves
Inflection
Declension of ntj n.f (masculine)
| singular
|
ntj n.f
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| dual
|
ntjwj n.snj, ntwj n.snj
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| plural
|
ntjw n.sn, ntw n.sn
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References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010), Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 138.