ḫftt
Egyptian
Etymology
From ḫft (“facing, opposite”) + -t (“feminine nisba ending”); the noun is simply a nominalized use of the nisba adjective.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /xɛfɛtɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: khefetet
Adjective
|
f
- feminine singular of ḫftj
Noun
|
f
- (female) enemy
Inflection
Declension of ḫftt (feminine)
singular | ḫftt |
---|---|
dual | ḫfttj |
plural | ḫftwt |
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 40 page 38, 40.