ntj jm
Egyptian
Etymology
From ntj (“(one) who is”) + jm (“therein”).
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /nɛti im/, /ɛnti im/
- Conventional anglicization: neti im, enti im
Noun
| |
m pl
- (chiefly in the plural, euphemistic) the dead [since the Middle Kingdom]
- c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 6–7:
- ḏrtjw m ṯḥw mꜣ.sn sw ntjw jm ḥr nr n.f
- The ancestors are in joy when they see him, and the dead are in awe of him.
Inflection
| singular | ntj jm |
|---|---|
| dual | ntjwj jm |
| plural | ntjw jm |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ntj jm
Descendants
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ (etemmau)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲉⲧⲙ̄ⲙⲁⲩ (etm̄mau)
References
- “n.tj-jm (lemma ID 89900)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae[2], Corpus issue 18, Web app version 2.1.5, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–26 July 2023
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[3], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 72
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[4], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 355.9–355.10
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 17
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 124
- ^ Grapow, Hermann, et al. (1897–1939) Das digitalisierte Zettelarchiv des “Wörterbuches der ägyptischen Sprache” (DZA)[1], Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, published 1999, DZA 25.355.700