jꜣft
Egyptian
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Afroasiatic *liʔif-/*liʔaf (“fingernail, claw”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /iɑfɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: iafet
Noun
f
- claw, talon [Pyramid Texts]
Inflection
Declension of jꜣft (feminine)
singular | jꜣft |
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dual | jꜣftj |
plural | jꜣfwt |
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 31, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
- Orel, Vladimir E.; Stolbova, Olga V. (1995), “*liʔi/af-”, in Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill