rnpt

rnpt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈɾanpat/ → /ˈɾanpaʔ/ → /ˈɾanpə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈɾanpat/ (singular), IPA^(key): /ɾanˈpawwat/ (plural)[1]
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈɾanpaʔ/ (singular), IPA^(key): /ɾanˈpawwaʔ/ (plural)
• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈɾanpə/ (singular), IPA^(key): /ɾənˈpawwə/ (plural)

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /rɛnpɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: renpet

Noun

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1. year

Inflection

Declension of rnpt (feminine a-stem)

singular	rnpt
dual	rnptj
plural	rnpwt

Derived terms

• rnpwt (“to grow old, pass time”)
• rnpt ḥsb (“regnal year — used in dates”)
• djw ḥrjw rnpt (“intercalary days”)

 

Descendants

• Demotic: rnpt
  • Coptic: ⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ (rompe) (Sahidic), ⲣⲟⲙⲡⲓ (rompi) (Bohairic), ⲗⲁⲙⲡⲓ (lampi) (Fayyumic)

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.
• Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN

1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 59