ḫmtnw

Egyptian

Egyptian numbers (edit)
30
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    Cardinal: ḫmtw
    Ordinal: ḫmtnw
    Adverbial: ḫmtw zpw
    Distributive: ḫmtw ḫmtw
    Fractional: r ḫmtw

Etymology

ḫmt-, root of ḫmtw +‎ -nw.

Pronunciation

Adjective




  1. third

Inflection

Declension of ḫmtnw
masculine feminine
singular ḫmtnw
ḫmtnwt
dual ḫmtnwwj
ḫmtnwtj
plural ḫmtnww
ḫmtnwwt1, ḫmtnwt2
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.

Alternative forms

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.