jmntj

Egyptian

Etymology

jmnt (“west, right”) +‎ -j (nisba ending).

Pronunciation

 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /jaˈmintij/ → /jaˈmintij/ → /ʔəˈmentə/ → /ʔəˈment/

Adjective
  1. western
  2. right (direction)

Inflection

Declension of jmntj (nisba adjective)
masculine feminine
singular jmntj
 jmntt
dual jmntjwj, jmntwj
 jmnttj
plural jmntjw, jmntw
 jmntwt1, jmntt2
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.

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Descendants

  • Demotic: jmnṱ

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 309.
  1. ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 56
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