ḥfꜣt

Egyptian

Etymology

ḥfꜣw (“snake”) +‎ -t (“feminine suffix”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ħaˈfaːʀat/ → /ħaˈfaːʀaʔ/ → /ħəˈfaːʔə/ → /ħəˈfoːʔ/

Noun

 f

  1. (female) snake

Inflection

Declension of ḥfꜣt (feminine a-stem)
singular ḥfꜣt
dual ḥfꜣtj
plural ḥfꜣwt

Descendants

  • Akhmimic Coptic: ϩⲃⲟⲩ (hbou)
  • Bohairic Coptic: ϩϥⲱ (hfō)
  • Fayyumic Coptic: ϩⲃⲱ (hbō)
  • Lycopolitan Coptic: ϩⲃⲱ (hbō)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ϩϥⲱ (hfō), ϩⲃⲱ (hbō)

Proper noun

 f

  1. a settlement in Egypt at what is now El Mo'alla

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 38, 214.
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