ḫt n ꜥnḫ
Egyptian
Etymology
ḫt + n(j) + ꜥnḫ, literally “the wood of life”.
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /χit nij ˈʕaːnaχ/ → /χiʔ nij ˈʕaːnaχ/ → /χeʔ nə ˈʕoːnəχ/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /xɛt ɛn ɑːnx/
- Conventional anglicization: khet en ankh
Noun
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- (idiomatic, a kenning) plant-based food, often specifically corn or grain as food for humans in opposition to herbs (smw) for cattle [since the Pyramid Texts]
Inflection
Declension of ḫt n ꜥnḫ (masculine)
| singular | ḫt n ꜥnḫ |
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| dual | ḫtwj nwj ꜥnḫ |
| plural | ḫtw nw ꜥnḫ |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫt n ꜥnḫ
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| ḫt n ꜥnḫ | ḫt n ꜥnḫ | |||||||||
| [since the 18th Dynasty] | [Greco-Roman Period] |
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 342.2–342.4
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 198