-nw
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /nuː/
- Conventional anglicization: -nu
Suffix
| |
- Added to the roots of cardinal numbers to form the ordinal numbers second through ninth.
Inflection
| masculine | feminine | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular |
nw |
nwt | ||||
| dual | — |
— | ||||
| plural | — |
— |
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.
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.