ḫftj

Egyptian

From ḫft (“facing, opposite”) +‎ -j (“nisba ending”); the noun is simply a nominalized use of the nisba adjective.

Declension of ḫftj (nisba adjective)

	masculine	feminine
singular	ḫftj	ḫftt
dual	ḫftjwj, ḫftwj	ḫfttj
plural	ḫftjw, ḫftw	ḫftwt¹, ḫftt²
Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun. 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.

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫftj

ḫft

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Declension of ḫftj (masculine)

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫftj

ḫftj

ḫft

Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 40, 88, 91, 339
Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 71

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