ḥmt-nṯr
Egyptian
Etymology
From ḥmt (“servant”) + nṯr (“god”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘servant of a god’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ħɛmɛt nɛt͡ʃɛr/
- Conventional anglicization: hemet-netjer
Noun
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- priestess
- Coordinate term: ḥm-nṯr
Inflection
Declension of ḥmt-nṯr (feminine)
singular | ḥmt-nṯr |
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dual | ḥmtj-nṯr |
plural | ḥmwt-nṯr |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥmt-nṯr
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ḥm-nṯr | |||
most common writing, indistinguishable from masculine ḥm-nṯr |
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 90.8–90.11