jmy
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Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /imiː/
- Conventional anglicization: imy
Adjective
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- (following n (“to, for”) with an attached suffix pronoun) of, belonging to
- ms n.f jmy
- a child of his
- (literally, “child to him belonging”)
Inflection
Usually invariable, but older texts sometimes use a feminine form jmyt when the modified noun is feminine.
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jmy
Romanization
jmy
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 93, 456.