ꜥff

Egyptian

Etymology

According to the Rösslerian school of Egyptian comparison, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ðuṗṗ,[1] and so cognate to Hebrew זבוב.

Pronunciation

 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈʕuffVj/ → /ˈʕuffVj/ → /ˈʕuffə/ → /ˈʕøff/

Noun

 m

  1. fly (insect)

Inflection

Declension of ꜥff (masculine)
singular ꜥff
dual ꜥffwj
plural ꜥffw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥff  


ꜥff ꜥff
abbreviation

Descendants

  • Demotic: ⁠ (ꜥf)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 31
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