"nswt" meaning in Egyptian

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pr-nswt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "msw-nswt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nswtyw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nswt-bjtj"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nswt-nṯrw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nswt-ḥw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "rḫ-nswt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ḥtp ḏj nswt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ẖrj-tp-nswt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "zꜣ-nswt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "zꜣt-nswt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "egy",
        "2": "nj",
        "3": "swt",
        "alt1": "n(j)",
        "gloss1": "of, belonging",
        "gloss2": "sedge"
      },
      "expansion": "n(j) (“of, belonging”) + swt (“sedge”)",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "egy",
        "2": "nj",
        "3": "n(j)"
      },
      "expansion": "n(j)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "egy",
        "2": "swt"
      },
      "expansion": "swt",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "egy",
        "2": "sux",
        "3": "𒉺𒋼𒋛",
        "tr": "ensi₂"
      },
      "expansion": "Sumerian 𒉺𒋼𒋛 (ensi₂)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "egy",
        "2": "-w"
      },
      "expansion": "-w",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Traditionally (since Sethe 1911) derived from n(j) (“of, belonging”) + swt (“sedge”) in a direct genitive construction with n(j) used as a noun, literally ‘the belonging one of the sedge’, i.e. ‘the one to whom Upper Egypt belongs’, the sedge being an emblem of Upper Egypt. The odd glyph order in the written form is probably due to a preference for forming compact groups of hieroglyphs.\nHowever, this interpretation has been challenged, as Helck, Schenkel, and others have argued that the plant represented by swt is not the emblem of Upper Egypt at all; Schenkel also suggests the reconstructed vocalization of the word does not support such an etymology. Peust goes so far as to say the word has no special connection with Upper Egypt, and derives it as borrowed from Sumerian 𒉺𒋼𒋛 (ensi₂) with the Egyptian noun-forming suffix -w. This might also be suggested by the alternate reading nzw and the cuneiform rendering 𒅔𒋛𒅁𒅀 (in-si-ib-ia) for the compound form nswt-bjtj from a Ramesside-era Hittite letter.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sw-t:n",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "masculine",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "egy-decl-noun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nswt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "njw-swt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nswtyw",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "egy",
        "2": "nouns",
        "head": "<hiero>sw-t:n</hiero>",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "sw-t:n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "head": "<hiero>sw-t:n</hiero>"
      },
      "expansion": "sw-t:n m",
      "name": "egy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nswt",
        "2": "-",
        "3": "njw-swt, nswtyw",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "name": "egy-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Egyptian",
  "lang_code": "egy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "egy",
          "name": "Royal epithets",
          "orig": "egy:Royal epithets",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "egy",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "egy:Occupations",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Work",
            "Human",
            "Human activity",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "king of Upper Egypt"
      ],
      "id": "en-nswt-egy-noun-HbprJYyD",
      "links": [
        [
          "king",
          "king"
        ],
        [
          "Upper Egypt",
          "Upper Egypt"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "39 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Egyptian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "egy",
          "name": "Royal epithets",
          "orig": "egy:Royal epithets",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 61",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "egy",
          "name": "Nobility",
          "orig": "egy:Nobility",
          "parents": [
            "High society",
            "People",
            "Society",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "egy",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "egy:Occupations",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Work",
            "Human",
            "Human activity",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I repeated favour before the king […]",
          "ref": "Stela of Ity, British Museum, Egyptian Antiquities, 586",
          "text": "i-w wHm*m:n W14-z:t-A1 x:r-M23-t:n\njw wḥm.n(.j) ḥzt ḫr nswt […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "king of (Upper and Lower) Egypt, especially as a divine power (as opposed to ḥm, which refers to a particular incarnation that holds that power)"
      ],
      "id": "en-nswt-egy-noun-j6NWDvz0",
      "links": [
        [
          "king",
          "king"
        ],
        [
          "Egypt",
          "Egypt"
        ],
        [
          "ḥm",
          "ḥm#Egyptian"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nijˈsiːwat/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nijˈsiːjaʔ/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔənˈsiːʔə/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔənˈsiːʔ/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nijˈsiːwat/",
      "note": "Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nijˈsiːjaʔ/",
      "note": "Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔənˈsiːʔə/",
      "note": "Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔənˈsiːʔ/",
      "note": "latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɛsuːt/",
      "note": "modern Egyptological"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sw*t"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sw:t"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "t:n-sw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sw*t:n"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sw-t:n-G7"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "n:z-w"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sw*t-S3"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sw*t-S1"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sw*t-A42"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nzw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "[Pyramid Texts]"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "[since the Middle Kingdom]"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "abbreviation"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nswt"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Egyptian compound terms",
    "Egyptian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Egyptian lemmas",
    "Egyptian masculine nouns",
    "Egyptian nouns",
    "Egyptian terms borrowed from Sumerian",
    "Egyptian terms derived from Sumerian",
    "Egyptian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "egy:Nobility",
    "egy:Occupations",
    "egy:Royal epithets"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "pr-nswt"
    },
    {
      "word": "msw-nswt"
    },
    {
      "word": "nswtyw"
    },
    {
      "word": "nswt-bjtj"
    },
    {
      "word": "nswt-nṯrw"
    },
    {
      "word": "nswt-ḥw"
    },
    {
      "word": "rḫ-nswt"
    },
    {
      "word": "ḥtp ḏj nswt"
    },
    {
      "word": "ẖrj-tp-nswt"
    },
    {
      "word": "zꜣ-nswt"
    },
    {
      "word": "zꜣt-nswt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "egy",
        "2": "nj",
        "3": "swt",
        "alt1": "n(j)",
        "gloss1": "of, belonging",
        "gloss2": "sedge"
      },
      "expansion": "n(j) (“of, belonging”) + swt (“sedge”)",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "egy",
        "2": "nj",
        "3": "n(j)"
      },
      "expansion": "n(j)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "egy",
        "2": "swt"
      },
      "expansion": "swt",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "egy",
        "2": "sux",
        "3": "𒉺𒋼𒋛",
        "tr": "ensi₂"
      },
      "expansion": "Sumerian 𒉺𒋼𒋛 (ensi₂)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "egy",
        "2": "-w"
      },
      "expansion": "-w",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Traditionally (since Sethe 1911) derived from n(j) (“of, belonging”) + swt (“sedge”) in a direct genitive construction with n(j) used as a noun, literally ‘the belonging one of the sedge’, i.e. ‘the one to whom Upper Egypt belongs’, the sedge being an emblem of Upper Egypt. The odd glyph order in the written form is probably due to a preference for forming compact groups of hieroglyphs.\nHowever, this interpretation has been challenged, as Helck, Schenkel, and others have argued that the plant represented by swt is not the emblem of Upper Egypt at all; Schenkel also suggests the reconstructed vocalization of the word does not support such an etymology. Peust goes so far as to say the word has no special connection with Upper Egypt, and derives it as borrowed from Sumerian 𒉺𒋼𒋛 (ensi₂) with the Egyptian noun-forming suffix -w. This might also be suggested by the alternate reading nzw and the cuneiform rendering 𒅔𒋛𒅁𒅀 (in-si-ib-ia) for the compound form nswt-bjtj from a Ramesside-era Hittite letter.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sw-t:n",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "masculine",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "egy-decl-noun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nswt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "njw-swt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nswtyw",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "egy",
        "2": "nouns",
        "head": "<hiero>sw-t:n</hiero>",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "sw-t:n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "head": "<hiero>sw-t:n</hiero>"
      },
      "expansion": "sw-t:n m",
      "name": "egy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nswt",
        "2": "-",
        "3": "njw-swt, nswtyw",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "name": "egy-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Egyptian",
  "lang_code": "egy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "king of Upper Egypt"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "king",
          "king"
        ],
        [
          "Upper Egypt",
          "Upper Egypt"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Egyptian terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I repeated favour before the king […]",
          "ref": "Stela of Ity, British Museum, Egyptian Antiquities, 586",
          "text": "i-w wHm*m:n W14-z:t-A1 x:r-M23-t:n\njw wḥm.n(.j) ḥzt ḫr nswt […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "king of (Upper and Lower) Egypt, especially as a divine power (as opposed to ḥm, which refers to a particular incarnation that holds that power)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "king",
          "king"
        ],
        [
          "Egypt",
          "Egypt"
        ],
        [
          "ḥm",
          "ḥm#Egyptian"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nijˈsiːwat/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nijˈsiːjaʔ/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔənˈsiːʔə/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔənˈsiːʔ/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nijˈsiːwat/",
      "note": "Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nijˈsiːjaʔ/",
      "note": "Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔənˈsiːʔə/",
      "note": "Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔənˈsiːʔ/",
      "note": "latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɛsuːt/",
      "note": "modern Egyptological"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "sw*t"
    },
    {
      "word": "sw:t"
    },
    {
      "word": "sw"
    },
    {
      "word": "t:n-sw"
    },
    {
      "word": "sw*t:n"
    },
    {
      "word": "sw-t:n-G7"
    },
    {
      "word": "n:z-w"
    },
    {
      "word": "sw*t-S3"
    },
    {
      "word": "sw*t-S1"
    },
    {
      "word": "sw*t-A42"
    },
    {
      "word": "nzw"
    },
    {
      "word": "[Pyramid Texts]"
    },
    {
      "word": "[since the Middle Kingdom]"
    },
    {
      "word": "abbreviation"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nswt"
}