ḫmnnw

Egyptian

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    Cardinal: ḫmnw
    Ordinal: ḫmnnw
    Adverbial: ḫmnw zpw
    Distributive: ḫmnw ḫmnw
    Fractional: r ḫmnw

Etymology

ḫmn-, root of ḫmnw +‎ -nw.

Pronunciation

Adjective


  1. eighth

Inflection

Declension of ḫmnnw
masculine feminine
singular ḫmnnw
ḫmnnwt
dual ḫmnnwwj
ḫmnnwtj
plural ḫmnnww
ḫmnnwwt1, ḫmnnwt2
1 Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun.
2 From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural.
In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.

References

  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 103.