ḫftt

Egyptian

Etymology

From ḫft (“facing, opposite”) +‎ -t (“feminine nisba ending”); the noun is simply a nominalized use of the nisba adjective.

Pronunciation

Adjective
 f
  1. feminine singular of ḫftj

Noun

 f

  1. (female) enemy

Inflection

Declension of ḫftt (feminine)
singular ḫftt
dual ḫfttj
plural ḫftwt

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, 40.
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