dnd

d:n-d:T31 3-lit. (canonical)
dnd (infinitive)
dndw (infinitive negative)
dnd (infinitive negative)
dndt (infinitive)
dnd (imperative infinitive singular)
dnd (imperative infinitive plural)
dnd (stative)
ḥr dnd (imperfective)
m dnd (imperfective)
r dnd (prospective)
dnd.n (active perfect)
dndw (passive perfect)
dnd (passive perfect)
dnd.jn (active consecutive contingent)
active + .tj¹, .tw (consecutive contingent passive)
active + .tj¹, .tw (passive perfect)
dndt (terminative)
dnd (active perfective)
active + .tj¹, .tw (passive perfective)
dnd.ḫr (active obligative)
active + .tj¹, .tw (obligative passive)
dnd (active imperfective)
active + .tj¹, .tw (imperfective passive)
dnd (active prospective)
dndd (passive prospective)
dnd.kꜣ (active potential)
active + .tj¹, .tw (passive potential)
active + .tj¹, .tw (passive prospective)
dnd (active subjunctive)
active + .tj¹, .tw (passive subjunctive)
dnd.n (active participle perfect relative)
active + .tj¹, .tw (participle passive perfect relative)
dnd (active participle perfective relative)
active + .tj¹, .tw (participle passive perfective relative)
dnd (active participle perfective)
dnd (participle passive perfective)
dndw (participle passive perfective)
dndy (participle passive perfective)
dnd (active imperfective participle relative)
dndy (active imperfective participle relative)
dndw (active imperfective participle relative)
active + .tj¹, .tw (imperfective participle passive relative)
dnd (active imperfective participle)
dndj (active imperfective participle)
dndy (active imperfective participle)
dnd (imperfective participle passive)
dndw (imperfective participle passive)
dnd (active participle prospective relative)
dndtj (active participle prospective relative)
dndtj (participle prospective)
dndt (participle prospective)

egy-conj-table

dndt

# Only in the masculine singular.
# Only in the masculine.
# Only in the feminine.


rꜥ

r:a-ra (canonical masculine)
rꜥ (singular)
rꜥwj (dual)
rꜥw (plural)

Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE

(in fixed expressions) day (period of daylight)


sbꜣ

sbꜣ (singular)
sbꜣwj (dual)
sbꜣw (plural)

Demotic: sw

Akhmimic Coptic: ⲥⲓⲟⲩ (siou)

desc

Bohairic Coptic: ⲥⲓⲟⲩ (siou), ⲥⲟⲩ- (sou-)

Fayyumic Coptic: ⲥⲓⲟⲩ (siou), ⲥⲉⲩ (seu), ⲥⲓⲩ (siu)

Old Coptic: ⲥⲟⲩ- (sou-)

Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲓⲟⲩ (siou), ⲥⲓⲟⲟⲩ (sioou), ⲥⲟⲩ- (sou-)

aHa-a:n-s-b-A-sbA-ra-h-A-W-D54-pr-r-D54:n-n:A-m-x:t-Q7-m-a:f

c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 129–130

Then a star fell. They went up in flames because of it.


šmw

šmw (singular)
šmwwj (dual)
šmww (plural)


šmw

Coptic: ϣⲱⲙ (šōm)

→ English: Shemu, Shomu

the harvest season; one of three Egyptian seasons, spanning from March to July.


ḫpš

(astronomy) the Big Dipper (literally “the Foreleg”)


ꜥnḫ

anx-n:x (canonical masculine)
ꜥnḫ (singular)
ꜥnḫwj (dual)
ꜥnḫw (plural)


ḥꜣt

ḥꜣt (singular)
ḥꜣtj (dual)
ḥꜣwt (plural)


ḫt

Sd:d-t:a-A1-U29-A-Z9:xt-s-xpr-r:n-A1-x-t-Q7-ir:n-A1-O35:nDs-n:Z9*t-Q7-n-nTr-Z1:Z2ss

c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 54–56

I took a fire-stick, I made a fire, and I made a burnt offering to the gods.

šdt.j ḏꜣ sḫpr.n.j ḫt jr.n.j zj n sḏt n nṯrw


ḫꜥw

From the plural of ḫꜥ (“a kind of hoe”).

(plural only) equipment, tools, implements

equipment, tools, implements
musical instruments


ḏꜥ

D:a-P5 2-lit. (canonical)
ḏꜥ (infinitive)
ḏꜥw (infinitive negative)
ḏꜥ (infinitive negative)
ḏꜥt (infinitive)
ḏꜥ (imperative infinitive singular)
j.ḏꜥ (imperative infinitive singular)
ḏꜥ (imperative infinitive plural)
j.ḏꜥ (imperative infinitive plural)
ḏꜥ (stative)
ḥr ḏꜥ (imperfective)
m ḏꜥ (imperfective)
r ḏꜥ (prospective)
ḏꜥ.n (active perfect)
ḏꜥ.jn (active consecutive contingent)
ḏꜥt (active terminative)
ḏꜥ (active perfective)
ḏꜥ.ḫr (active obligative)
ḏꜥ (active imperfective)
j.ḏꜥ (active imperfective)
ḏꜥ (active prospective)
ḏꜥ.kꜣ (active potential)
ḏꜥ (active subjunctive)
j.ḏꜥ (active subjunctive)
ḏꜥ.n (active participle perfect)
ḏꜥ (active participle perfective)
ḏꜥꜥ (participle passive perfective)
ḏꜥꜥj (participle passive perfective)
ḏꜥ (participle passive perfective)
ḏꜥw (participle passive perfective)
ḏꜥy (participle passive perfective)
j.ḏꜥ (active imperfective participle)
ḏꜥ (active imperfective participle)
ḏꜥy (active imperfective participle)
ḏꜥw (active imperfective participle)
j.ḏꜥw (active imperfective participle)
ḏꜥj (active imperfective participle)
ḏꜥ (imperfective participle passive)
ḏꜥw (imperfective participle passive)
ḏꜥ (active participle prospective)
ḏꜥtj (active participle prospective)
ḏꜥtj (participle prospective)
ḏꜥt (participle prospective)

(intransitive, of the sky) to be(come) stormy


nwy

aHa-a:n-D:d-n:f-n:A1-n-m:a-ini-n:t*W-zp*y:n-D:z-nDs-A1-!-n-m:a-ini-n:t-w-r-iw:N23*Z1-p:n:n-M14-wr-r:N36-n:t*y-Aa16-Z1-f:y-m-n&U19&nw-i-i-mw
ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n.f n.j (j)n-mj jn tw zpwj snwj nḏs (j)n-mj jn tw r jw pn n(j) wꜣḏ-wr ntj gs(wj).fj m nwy

c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 83–86

Then he said to me,
―Who brought you, who brought you, little man? Who brought you to this island of the sea, both of whose sides are in the water?


ꜣḫt

ꜣḫt (singular)
ꜣḫtj (dual)
ꜣḫwt (plural)

→ English: Akhet

inundation season; the first of the three Egyptian seasons, spanning from July to November.


šsp

šsp (singular)
šspwj (dual)
šspw (plural)

Alternative form of sšp (“illumination, light of dawn”)


jꜣkbyt

jꜣkbyt (singular)
jꜣkbytj (dual)
jꜣkbywt (plural)

From jꜣkby (“mourner”) + -t (feminine suffix).


nnw

Coptic: ⲛⲟⲩⲛ (noun)

the hidden, lost, perpetually dark, infinite primeval waters

Nu, father of the gods, the divine anthropomorphisation of the primeval waters, a member of the Ogdoad.


spdt

→ Ancient Greek: Σῶθις (Sôthis)

(astronomy) Sirius, A bluish-white star in the constellation Canis Major; Alpha (α) Canis Majoris. A vertex of the Winter Triangle and the brightest star in the night sky.


bnw

→ Ancient Greek: φοῖνιξ (phoînix)

→ Latin: phoenix

M18-i-D54-n:A1-m-x:R23-m-n:niwt-r-O28-nw:niwt-r-r:a:t-r:x-Y1V-b-n:nw*w-G31-A40-x:r:*t-Y1V-Z3-dwA-A-t:pr
j(w)j.n.j m ḫm r jwnw r rḏj.t rḫ bnw ḫrt dwꜣt

c. 1478 BCE – 1397 BCE, Book of the Dead of Nu (pLondon British Museum EA10477) chapter 64, line 23

I have come from Letopolis to Heliopolis to let the phoenix know of the conditions of the Afterworld.

the Bennu or phoenix, a divine being and a bird into which the dead could transform.


wꜣst

Thebes (ancient Egyptian city; modern Luxor)


mwt

→ Meroitic: 𐦨𐦴 (mt /mata/)

Likely a babble word in origin, like many of its Afroasiatic parallels. Militarev and Stolbova derive it from a supposed Proto-Afroasiatic form instead, but also note it may be a nursery word. If not, perhaps cognate with Proto-Semitic *ʔimm-.

(Egyptian mythology) the primordial waters


mwt

Demotic: mwt

q

Coptic: ⲙⲟⲩ (mou) (Akhmimic, Bohairic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan, Old Coptic, Sahidic)

From Proto-Afroasiatic *mawVt- (“to die, to kill”). Cognate with Proto-Semitic *mawut-, Central Atlas Tamazight ⵎⵎⵜ (mmt) and Hausa mutù.


nṯryt

The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:


nṯrtj

nṯrtj (singular)
nṯrtjwj (dual)
nṯrtjw (plural)

adze used in the “opening of the mouth” funerary ritual to allow the deceased to eat and drink once more.


dšr

dšr (singular)
dšrwj (dual)
dšrw (plural)

desc

Bohairic Coptic: ⲉⲧⲏϣⲓ (etēši), ⲉⲧⲉϣⲓ (eteši)


nḥḥ

Demotic: nḥḥ

Akhmimic Coptic: ⲛⲉϩ (neh), ⲛⲏϩ (nēh)

Bohairic Coptic: ⲛⲉϩ (neh)

Fayyumic Coptic: ⲛⲉϩ (neh), ⲛⲏϩ (nēh)

Sahidic Coptic: ⲛⲉϩ (neh), ⲛϩ (nh), ⲛⲏϩ (nēh)

(Late Egyptian) (sesame) oil, used for cooking, as a salve, and as fuel for lamps


ḏt

A serekh name notably borne by Djet, a pharaoh of the First Dynasty


prt

pr:r-t:ra (canonical feminine)
prt (singular)
prtj (dual)
prwt (plural)

Demotic: prt

Akhmimic Coptic: ⲡⲣⲟⲩ (prou)

Bohairic Coptic: ⲫⲣⲱ (phrō)

Fayyumic Coptic: ⲡⲣⲱ (prō)

Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲡⲣⲱ (prō)

Sahidic Coptic: ⲡⲣⲱ (prō)

→ English: Peret

‘Emergence’, the growing season; one of three Egyptian seasons, spanning from November to March


bjnt

Bohairic Coptic: ⲃⲟⲛⲓ (boni)

Fayyumic Coptic: ⲃⲁⲛⲓ (bani)

Sahidic Coptic: ⲃⲟⲟⲛⲉ (boone)

bjn (“bad, evil”) + -t (“feminine ending”)


bjnt

b-i-n:t-xt (canonical feminine)
bjnt (singular)
bjntj (dual)
bjnwt (plural)

Demotic: bynt

Bohairic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲱⲓⲛⲓ (ouōini)

Sahidic Coptic: ⲃⲟⲓⲛⲉ (boine)


jtn

i-t:n-ra (canonical masculine)
jtn (singular)
jtnwj (dual)
jtnw (plural)

→ English: Aten, Aton

the disc of any celestial body, including the sun, the moon, the stars, and the planets


ꜣpd

(astronomy) a constellation, literally ‘the Bird’, corresponding to modern Triangulum and Perseus


ḥnqt

ḥnqt (singular)
ḥnqtj (dual)
ḥnqwt (plural)

Demotic: ḥnq, ḥnqe, ḥnqy, ḥq

Coptic: ϩⲛⲕⲉ (hnke) (Sahidic), ϩⲉⲙⲕⲓ (hemki) (Bohairic)

xA-m-X2:W22-F1:H1-n:kA:n-ns:a
ḫꜣ m t ḥnqt kꜣw ꜣpdw n kꜣ n jmj-r […]

The Stela of Sa-Setet/Sa-Satis (Louvre Museum 271)

Thousand of bread and beer, cattle and fowl for the ka of the overseer […]


jrp

jrp (singular)
jrpwj (dual)
jrpw (plural)

Demotic: jrp

Coptic: ⲏⲣⲡ (ērp) (Sahidic, Bohairic), ⲏⲗⲡ (ēlp) (Fayyumic)

→ Old Nubian: ⲟⲣⲡⲁ (orpa)

→ Ancient Greek: ἕρπις (hérpis)

c. 1859 BCE – 1840 BCE, The Story of Sinuhe, version B (pBerlin 3022 and pAmherst n-q) line 82


mw

Demotic: mw

Akhmimic Coptic: ⲙⲁⲩ (mau), ⲙⲁⲟⲩ (maou)

Bohairic Coptic: ⲙⲱⲟⲩ (mōou)

Fayyumic Coptic: ⲙⲁⲩ (mau)

Sahidic Coptic: ⲙⲟⲟⲩ (moou)

desc

→ Ancient Greek: μῶυ (môu), μῶϋ (môü), μῶς (môs), -μοου (-moou)

An origin in a form such as Proto-Afroasiatic *maʔ- has been suggested; compare Proto-Semitic *māy-. The word is a frozen plural, with an original root *m or *mj, the latter of which is supported by the phonetic use of the hieroglyph to write nmjw (“dwarf”).

only attested in the Tale ofthe Eloquent Peasant

i-w-i-k\:n-W10:n-mw-a:x-m-Q7-mw-f-i-b-t-E8-!-i-w-mH:t-Y1-r-Z1-m-H6A-w-w-Hn-Z2ss-s-mn:n-Y1:f-ib-Z1
jw jkn n(j) mw ꜥḫm.f jbt jw mḥ{t}⟨w⟩ r(ꜣ) m šww smn.f jb

c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Kagemni (pPrisse/pBN 183) lines 1.5–1.6

For a cup of water quenches thirst, for a mouthful of šww-herbs makes the heart firm.


wꜣḏ

wꜣḏ (singular)
wꜣḏwj (dual)
wꜣḏw (plural)

Possibly from a form such as Proto-Afroasiatic *wrḳ-. If so, cognate with Proto-Semitic *waraq- (“green”).


jz

i-iz-z:pr (canonical masculine)
jz (singular)
jzwj (dual)
jzw (plural)

r-di-Hm-f-!--s--f:T-W1-x-w-z-A34-n:Ba15s*f*Ba15as
i-iz-z«O24A»i-n-iz-iz-iz-n:t
qd-A1-A1-A1
rḏj ḥm.f [s]fṯ ḫwz n[.f] jz jn jzwt nt (j)qdw

6th Dynasty, Giza, Western Cemetery, Shaft G 2188 Y, Block of sunk relief inscription mentioning the dog Abutiu (35-10-22/Cairo JE 67573), lines 6–9

His Majesty gave pine oil and (ordered) that a tomb be built for him by a gang of builders.

q*Z1:r-s-t:Q6 nfr-f:r:t m i-iz-s-pr:f nfr-f:r:n«R50»

12th Dynasty, coffin of Nakhtankh, British Museum EA 35285

[…] a good burial in his wonderful tomb of the necropolis […]

D35:n-i-iz-pr*Z1:n-s-b-i-A13-Hr:Z1-Hm-Z1:f-i-w-XA:t-Aa2:f-m-q:H_SPACE-T14-Y1:n-mw

c. 1859 BCE – 1813 BCE, The Loyalist Teaching (Stele of Sehetepibre/Cairo CG 20538 Verso) line 19

There is no tomb for a rebel against His Majesty; his corpse is thrown to the water.

tomb (including both walled structures and rock-cut tombs)


jmn-ḥtp

→ Ancient Greek: Ἀμενώθης (Amenṓthēs)

jmn (“Amun”) + ḥtp(.w) (“is satisfied”), masculine third-person singular stative form of ḥtp (“to satisfy”), thus literally ‘Amun is satisfied’. The name is transcribed in the Amarna letters as 𒀀𒈠𒀭𒄩𒀜𒁉 (a-ma-an-ḫa-at-pe₂).

(Egyptian mythology) Amenhotep (son of Hapu), a deified scribe and architect


ḫnsw

tḫj

Middle Kingdom (Memphite) Egyptian calendar months

ḏḥwtj

New Kingdom (Theban) Egyptian calendar months


ẖrj-nṯr

/çəˈɾej ˈnoːtə/

/çəˈɾej ˈnoːtə/

ẖrj (“lying under, being the place of”) + nṯr (“god”), thus literally ‘that which is under the god’ or ’place where the god is’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.


ṯnm

T:n-m (canonical masculine)
ṯnm (singular)
ṯnmwj (dual)
ṯnmw (plural)

a kind of drink, in later times certainly beer


tꜣ-wr

tꜣ (“land”) + wr (“great”), thus literally ‘The Great Land’.

Ta-wer, the eighth nome of Upper Egypt, containing the cities of Thinis and Abydos


j.ḫm-sk

i-x-m-s-sk-k:sbA (canonical masculine)
j.ḫm-sk (singular)
j.ḫmwj-sk (dual)
j.ḫmw-sk (plural)

j.ḫm (“not knowing”, imperfective active participle of ḫm) + sk (“destruction”), thus literally ‘(one) not knowing destruction’, because the circumpolar stars never set and so were considered imperishable.

af

imperfective active participle of <i class="Latn mention" lang="egy">ḫm</i>

nb:h-n:nw*w-m-pt:rsw*t*Z1-dwA-ww-m-pt:mH:t:t-!-i-w-x:H_SPACE-m-D35:Z2-s-sk:k-sbA:Z2ss-Xr:r-st-Hr*Z1:f-st-t*pr:Z2:f-p-w-i-w-x:H_SPACE-m-A7:Z2

c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 5–6

Possessor of acclaim in the southern sky, worshipped in the northern sky, the circumpolar stars are under his care, and the unwearying stars are his residences.

nb hnw m pt rswt dwꜣw m pt mḥtt j.ḫmw-sk ẖr st ḥr.f swt.f pw j.ḫmw-wrḏ


sḫm

s-sxm-x-m 3-lit. (canonical)
sḫm (infinitive)
sḫmw (infinitive negative)
sḫm (infinitive negative)
sḫmt (infinitive)
sḫm (imperative infinitive singular)
sḫm (imperative infinitive plural)
sḫm (stative)
ḥr sḫm (imperfective)
m sḫm (imperfective)
r sḫm (prospective)
sḫm.n (active perfect)
sḫm.jn (active consecutive contingent)
sḫmt (active terminative)
sḫm (active perfective)
sḫm.ḫr (active obligative)
sḫm (active imperfective)
sḫm (active prospective)
sḫm.kꜣ (active potential)
sḫm (active subjunctive)
sḫm.n (active participle perfect)
sḫm (active participle perfective)
sḫm (participle passive perfective)
sḫmw (participle passive perfective)
sḫmy (participle passive perfective)
sḫm (active imperfective participle)
sḫmy (active imperfective participle)
sḫmw (active imperfective participle)
sḫmj (active imperfective participle)
sḫm (imperfective participle passive)
sḫmw (imperfective participle passive)
sḫm (active participle prospective)
sḫmtj (active participle prospective)
sḫmtj (participle prospective)
sḫmt (participle prospective)

[chiefly Pyramid Texts to Middle Kingdom]

(intransitive) to be(come) powerful, capable (+ m: through the power of (magic, the Eye of Horus, food, etc.); + mm: among (the gods); + ḫr: before (a god); + ḫnt: at the head of (people); + m ḫt or m sꜣ: in pursuit of (enemies))


šmꜥyt

šmꜥyt (singular)
šmꜥytj (dual)
šmꜥywt (plural)


šms wḏꜣ

/ʃɛmɛs wɛd͡ʒɑ/


šmꜥw

šmꜥw (singular)
šmꜥwwj (dual)
šmꜥww (plural)


nwyt

nwyt (singular)
nwytj (dual)
nwywt (plural)

f-A-t-A56:a-TAw-w-ir:f-F25-m-i-i-t-A2-n&U19&nw-i-i-t-mw-i-m-f-n:t-mH:a-Z1*Z1*Z1*Z1:Z1*Z1*Z1*Z1
fꜣ.t(w) ṯꜣw jr.f wḥmyt nwyt jm.f nt ḫmnw mḥ

c. 2000–1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115), lines 34–36

The wind was lifted again and again (literally, “lifted, it making repetition”), with a wave in it of eight cubits.


bjꜣ n pt

Demotic: bnpy

Akhmimic Coptic: ⲃⲁⲛⲓⲡⲉ (banipe)

Bohairic Coptic: ⲃⲉⲛⲓⲡⲓ (benipi)

Fayyumic Coptic: ⲃⲉⲛⲓⲡⲓ (benipi)

Sahidic Coptic: ⲃⲉⲛⲓⲡⲉ (benipe)

bjꜣ (“metal”) + n(j) (“of”) + pt (“sky”), thus ‘metal of the sky’.


sꜣrꜣqw

Borrowed from Semitic, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ṯalg-; compare Hebrew שֶׁלֶג (šéleḡ), Akkadian 𒊭𒆷𒄖 (šalgu).


ṯb-nṯr

nTr-E9-t:niwt m. (canonical toponymic)
f. (canonical toponymic)

desc

→ Akkadian: 𒌷𒂟𒉡𒋾 (ᵁᴿᵁṣab-nu-ti /ṣabnūti/), 𒍝𒉼𒉡𒌋𒋾 (ṣa-ban-nu-u-ti /ṣabannūti/)

→ Ancient Greek: Σεβέννυτος (Sebénnutos)

→ Latin: Sebennytus

Bohairic Coptic: ϫⲉⲙⲛⲟⲩϯ (čemnouti)

→ Arabic: سَمَنُّود (samannūd)

/tʃəβˈnoːtə/

/tʃəβˈnoːtə/

/t͡ʃɛb nɛt͡ʃɛr/

ṯb (“calf”) + nṯr (“god”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘calf of the god’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition. The Akkadian and Greek spellings may reflect ṯb n nṯr with an analytic genitive.

the twelfth nome of Lower Egypt, of which Sebennytos was the capital


jj-m-ḥtp

→ Ancient Greek: Ἰμούθης (Imoúthēs)

→ English: Imhotep

jj (“coming”, perfective active participle of jj (“to come, to return”)) + m ḥtp (“in peace, safely”), thus ‘(the one) coming in peace’, ‘(the one) returning home safely’.

compound

perfective active participle of <i class="Latn mention" lang="egy">jj</i> (“to come, to return”)

(Egyptian mythology) Imhotep, a deified administrator and architect


j.ḫm-wrḏ

j.ḫm-wrḏ (singular)
j.ḫmwj-wrḏ (dual)
j.ḫmw-wrḏ (plural)

j.ḫm (“not knowing”, imperfective active participle of ḫm) + wrḏ (“to be(come) weary”), thus literally ‘(one) not knowing wearying’, because noncircumpolar stars circle in long paths without end.

af

18th Dynasty, Great Hymn to Osiris, Stela of Amenmose (Louvre C 286), lines 5–6

noncircumpolar star; a star that rises and sets over the course of a day


jnb-ḥḏ

inb-HD m. (canonical toponymic)
f. (canonical toponymic)

Demotic: jnb-ḥḏ

desc

Λευκὸν τεῖχος

→ Ancient Greek: Λευκὸν τεῖχος (Leukòn teîkhos) (calque)

→ English: White Wall (calque)

From jnb (“wall”) + ḥḏ (“white”), literally “White Wall”.

af

the first nome of Lower Egypt, with its capital at Memphis


ꜣḫ-bjt

A-x:H_SPACE-M15-bit-t:niwt m. (canonical toponymic)
f. (canonical toponymic)

ꜣḫ (“papyrus thicket”) + bjt(j) (“king of Lower Egypt”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘papyrus thicket of the king of Lower Egypt’.

a mythological island, Chemmis, where Horus was said to have been reared in secret, most often identified with a lake site near Buto


mnjt

mnjt (singular)
mnjtj (dual)
mnjwt (plural)

→ English: menat

a heavy beaded necklace and musical instrument with a crescent-shaped plate in the front and a keyhole-shaped amuletic counterweight in the rear, considered sacred to Hathor; menat-necklace


psš-kꜣf

psš (“an instrument for Opening of the mouth”) + kꜣf (“obsidian”)

Peseshkef (a ritual instrument made from obsidian used in the “opening of the mouth” funerary ritual to allow the deceased to eat and drink once more)


nwꜣ

nwꜣ (singular)
nwꜣwj (dual)
nwꜣw (plural)

‘adze of Wepwawet’, an instrument used in the Opening of the Mouth ritual


msḫtjw

msḫtjw (singular)
msḫtjwwj (dual)
msḫtjww (plural)

adze used as a ritual instrument used in the “opening of the mouth” funerary ritual to allow the deceased to eat and drink once more


wr-ḥkꜣw

wr-ḥkꜣw (singular)
wrwj-ḥkꜣw (dual)
wrw-ḥkꜣw (plural)

wr (“great”) + ḥkꜣw (plural of ḥkꜣ (“magic”)) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘(the one) great of magic powers’, i.e. ‘one with great magic’.

plural of <i class="Latn mention" lang="egy">ḥkꜣ</i> (“magic”)

curving serpent-headed adze or blade used as a ritual instrument in the opening of the mouth ceremony, a funerary ritual to allow the deceased to eat and drink once more


bḥdt

the 17th nome of Lower Egypt, with its capital at Semabehdet (Tell el-Balamun)


jw-n-ꜣmw-m-sḫt-sjsj

jw (“island”) + n(j) (“of”) + ꜣmw (“burning”) + m (“in”) + sḫt (“field”) + sjsj (“fire”), thus literally ‘The Isle of Burning in the Field of Fire’.

ii-i-D54-n:k-t:n:y-T14-G41-Y1V-T-p:n-A40-!-ii-i-D54-n:A1-m-N18:Z1*N23-n-A-m-w-Q7-Z3-niwt-m-sxt-t:N23*Z1-s-i-s-i-Q7-niwt-!-anx-n:x-k-i-r:f-m-m-a:H_SPACE-m-N18:N23*Z1-n-A-m-w-Q7-Z3-niwt-m-sxt-t:N23*Z1-s-i-s-i-niwt-!-anx-n:x-A1-m-xt:t*Z1-p-w-i-i-A51-s-y:Y1
jj.n.k tnj ṯpn
jj.n.j m jw-n-ꜣmw-m-sḫt-sjsj
ꜥnḫ.k jr.f m mj m jw-n-ꜣmw-m-sḫt-sjsj

c. 1478 BCE – 1397 BCE, Book of the Dead of Nu (pLondon British Museum EA10477) chapter 98, lines 6–8

Where have you come from, Tepen?
I have come from the Isle of Burning in the Field of Fire.
So what do you live on in the Isle of Burning in the Field of Fire?
I live on this noble tree.


zššt

zššt (singular)
zšštj (dual)
zššwt (plural)

ir-z:S:S-t-Y8 ― jrj zššt ― to play sistrum (+ n: for (someone); + n ḥr: before (someone))


wꜣr

wꜣr (singular)
wꜣrwj (dual)
wꜣrw (plural)

(Late Egyptian) a kind of lute or reed pipe


jꜣkby

jꜣkby (singular)
jꜣkbywj (dual)
jꜣkbyw (plural)

From jꜣkb (“to mourn”) + -y (agent nominalizer).


nṯrwj

the fifth nome of Upper Egypt, centered at Coptos and also containing Dendera and Naqada