Egyptian
Pronunciation
Noun
f
- beer
- The Stela of Sa-Setet/Sa-Satis (Louvre Museum 271):
- ḫꜣ m t ḥnqt kꜣw ꜣpdw n kꜣ n jmj-r […]
- Thousand of bread and beer, cattle and fowl for the ka of the overseer […]
Usage notes
Sometimes transliterated as ḥqt; the n hieroglyph, which is attested in alternative forms, Demotic, and Coptic, was probably left out for aesthetic purposes.
Inflection
Declension of ḥnqt (feminine)
| singular
|
ḥnqt
|
| dual
|
ḥnqtj
|
| plural
|
ḥnqwt
|
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥnqt
Synonyms
Descendants
- Demotic: ḥnq, ḥnqe, ḥnqy, ḥq
- Coptic: ϩⲛⲕⲉ (hnke) (Sahidic), ϩⲉⲙⲕⲓ (hemki) (Bohairic)
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