nfrt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈnafɾat//ˈnafɾaʔ//ˈnafɾa//ˈnafɾə/

Adjective

 f
  1. feminine singular of nfr
    • 12th Dynasty, coffin of Nakhtankh, British Museum EA 35285:





      […] qrst nfrt m jz.f nfr n ẖrt-nṯr […]
      […] a good burial in his wonderful tomb of the necropolis […]

Noun

 f

  1. something pleasing, beautiful, or good; good thing, fine thing
    • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 115–116:








      nn ntt nn st m ẖnw.f jw.f mḥ(.w) ẖr nfrwt nbt
      There isn’t a thing that isn’t inside it, and it is full of all fine things.
    • c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Kagemni (pPrisse/pBN 183) line 1.6:









      jw nfrt jdn bw nfr jw nh(j) n(j) ktt jdn wr
      For a good thing serves for goodness, for a bit of a little thing serves for a big thing.

Inflection

Declension of nfrt (feminine)
singular nfrt
dual nfrtj
plural nfrwt

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • Akhmimic Coptic: ⲛⲟϥⲣⲉ (nofre)
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲛⲟϥⲣⲓ (nofri)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲛⲟϥⲣⲉ (nofre)

Noun

 f

  1. beautiful, fine, or good woman
  2. epithet for various goddesses
  3. maiden, lass; nubile or marriageable young woman

Inflection

Declension of nfrt (feminine)
singular nfrt
dual nfrtj
plural nfrwt

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Proper noun

 f

  1. a female given name, Nofret

Alternative forms

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