nḥḏt

nḥḏt

Egyptian

Etymology

n- +‎ ḥḏ (“to be white”) +‎ -t.[1]

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈnuħcʼat/ → /ˈnuħtʃʼaʔ/, /ˈnutʃʼħaʔ/ → /ˈnøħtʃʼə/, /ˈnøtʃʼħə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈnuħcʼat/[1]
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈnuħtʃʼaʔ/; (dialectally, with metathesis) IPA^(key): /ˈnutʃʼħaʔ/
• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈnøħtʃʼə/; (dialectally, with metathesis) IPA^(key): /ˈnøtʃʼħə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛħd͡ʒɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: nehdjet

Noun

 f

1. tooth
2. tusk

Inflection

Declension of nḥḏt (feminine)

singular	nḥḏt
dual	nḥḏtj
plural	nḥḏwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nḥḏt  

nḥdt

[Middle Kingdom]

Synonyms

• jbḥ

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 304.5–304.8

1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 251