dnjt

dnjt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /dɛnit/
  • Conventional anglicization: denit

Noun

 f

1. dam

Inflection

Declension of dnjt (feminine)

singular	dnjt
dual	dnjtj
plural	dnjwt

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼanjut/ → /ˈtʼanjuʔ/ → /ˈtʼanʔə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼanjut/[1]
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼanjuʔ/
• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼanʔə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /dɛnit/
  • Conventional anglicization: denit

Noun

 f

1. part, portion
2. share

Inflection

Declension of dnjt (feminine)

singular	dnjt
dual	dnjtj
plural	dnjwt

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 257.
• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 465.1–465.2, 465.9–466.2

1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 50