ꜥnt

Egyptian

Etymology 1

From ꜥnn (“to turn back”) +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

 
  • (senses ‘claw, nail’ and ‘adze’): (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈʕiːnVt/ → /ˈʕiːnVʔ/ → /ˈʕiːna/ → /ˈʕiːnə/

Noun

 f

  1. claw
  2. nail, fingernail, toenail

    ― jrj ꜥnwt ― to trim and prepare one’s nails, to do one’s nails
  3. talon of a bird
  4. thumb [Medical papyri and Late Period]
Inflection
Declension of ꜥnt (feminine)
singular ꜥnt
dual ꜥntj
plural ꜥnwt
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥnt  






ꜥnt ꜥnt ꜥnw ꜥnw
[Old Kingdom] [Middle Kingdom] [Late Period] [Greco-Roman Period]
Descendants
  • Demotic: ꜥn.t, ꜥne.t

Noun

 f

  1. carpenter’s adze [Middle and New Kingdoms]
Inflection
Declension of ꜥnt (feminine)
singular ꜥnt
dual ꜥntj
plural ꜥnwt
Descendants

Noun

 f

  1. (jewelry) ring [18th Dynasty]
  2. eyelet on a piece of jewelry [18th Dynasty]
Inflection
Declension of ꜥnt (feminine)
singular ꜥnt
dual ꜥntj
plural ꜥnwt
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥnt  
ꜥnt
Derived terms
  • ꜥnt-ds

Noun

 f

  1. the smallest unit of time, smaller than a ḥꜣt; approximately a tierce [Greco-Roman Period]
Inflection
Declension of ꜥnt (feminine)
singular ꜥnt
dual ꜥntj
plural ꜥnwt
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥnt  

ꜥnt ꜥnt

Etymology 2

From ꜥnj (“to be beautiful, pleasant, kind”) +‎ -t, thus ‘the beautiful/pleasant/kind one’.

Pronunciation

Noun

 f

  1. an epithet of Hathor [Greco-Roman Period]

References

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