šnft

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Egyptian

Pronunciation

 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈʃinfVt//ˈʃinfVʔ//ˈʃenfa/, /ˈʃejfa//ˈʃenfə/, /ˈʃejfə/

Noun

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  1. fish scale

Inflection

Declension of šnft (feminine)
singular šnft
dual šnftj
plural šnfwt

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • Bohairic Coptic: ϣⲉⲛϥⲓ (šenfi), ϣⲏⲓϥⲓ (šēifi)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ϣⲛ̄ϥⲉ (šn̄fe)

References

  • Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 515.2
  • van der Molen, Rami (2000) A Hieroglyphic Dictionary of Egyptian Coffin Texts, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 626
  1. ^ Gundacker, Roman (2011) “On the Etymology of the Egyptian Crown Name mrsw.t*: An “Irregular” Subgroup of m-Prefix Formations” in Lingua Aegyptia, volume 19, page 41