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Egyptian
Etymology
From msw (“children”) + nswt (“king”) in a direct genitive construction. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.
Pronunciation
Noun
m pl
- (plural only) the royal children collectively; princes and princesses
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of msw-nswt
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 394.
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 139.7