nb-ꜥnḫ

Egyptian

Etymology

nb (“lord, possessor”) +‎ ꜥnḫ (“life”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘possessor of life’.

Pronunciation

Noun

 m

  1. dead person who has successfully completed the transition to the afterlife (and so become ‘living’), especially as an epithet for Osiris
  2. epithet for various gods

Inflection

Declension of nb-ꜥnḫ (masculine)
singular nb-ꜥnḫ
dual nbwj-ꜥnḫ
plural nbw-ꜥnḫ

Noun

 m

  1. sarcophagus

Inflection

Declension of nb-ꜥnḫ (masculine)
singular nb-ꜥnḫ
dual nbwj-ꜥnḫ
plural nbw-ꜥnḫ

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nb-ꜥnḫ  

nb-ꜥnḫ nb-ꜥnḫ

References

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