ḥfꜣt
Egyptian
Etymology
ḥfꜣw (“snake”) + -t (“feminine suffix”).
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ħaˈfaːʀat/ → /ħaˈfaːʀaʔ/ → /ħəˈfaːʔaʔ/ → /ħəˈfoːʔə/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ħɛfɑt/
- Conventional anglicization: hefat
Noun
f
- (female) snake
Inflection
Declension of ḥfꜣt (feminine a-stem)
singular | ḥfꜣt |
---|---|
dual | ḥfꜣtj |
plural | ḥfꜣwt |
Descendants
- Bohairic Coptic: ϩϥⲱ (hfō)
Proper noun
f
- a settlement in Egypt at what is now El Mo'alla
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 214 page 38, 214.