nnšm

nnšm

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈnanʃVm/ → /ˈnanʃVw/ → /najʃ/[1]

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈnanʃVm/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈnanʃVw/, with dissimilation of the final nasal

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /najʃ/, with sporadic sound change /n/ > /j/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛnʃɛm/
  • Conventional anglicization: nenshem

Noun

 m

1. spleen

Inflection

Declension of nnšm (masculine)

singular	nnšm
dual	nnšmwj
plural	nnšmw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nnšm  

nnšm

Descendants

• Sahidic Coptic: ⲛⲟⲉⲓϣ (noeiš)

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 276.17–276.20

1. Gundacker, Roman (2011) “On the Etymology of the Egyptian Crown Name mrsw.t*: An “Irregular” Subgroup of m-Prefix Formations” in Lingua Aegyptia, volume 19, page 41