ꜥff

Egyptian

Etymology

According to the neuere Komparatistik school of Egyptian comparison, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic *ðuṗṗ,^[1] and so cognate to Hebrew זבוב‎.

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈʕuffVj/ → /ˈʕuffVj/ → /ˈʕøff/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑːfɛf/
- Conventional anglicization: afef

Noun

m

fly (insect)

Inflection

Declension of ꜥff (masculine)

singular	ꜥff
dual	ꜥffwj
plural	ꜥffw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥff

G39

G39

ꜥff

ꜥff

abbreviation

Descendants

Demotic: ꜥf
- Coptic: ⲁϥ (af)^[1]

References

Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN

1 2 3 Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 31

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