Egyptian
Pronunciation
Noun
f
- well [since the Middle Kingdom]
- ― jrt ẖnmt ― to make a well
- ― wbꜣ ẖnmt ― to drill a well
- ― šdt ẖnmt ― to dig a well
Inflection
Declension of ẖnmt (feminine)
| singular
|
ẖnmt
|
| dual
|
ẖnmtj
|
| plural
|
ẖnmwt
|
Descendants
- Sahidic Coptic: ϩⲟⲛⲃⲉ (honbe)
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 382.10–382.15
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 382.