mjwj

Egyptian

mjw (“likeness”) +‎ -j (nisba ending).

Declension of mjwj (nisba adjective)

	masculine	feminine
singular	mjwj	mjwt
dual	mjwjwj, mjwwj	mjwtj
plural	mjwjw, mjww	mjwwt¹, mjwt²
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.

Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 376

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