msw-nswt
Egyptian
Etymology
msw (“children”) + nswt (“king”) in a direct genitive construction. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /mɛsuː nɛsuːt/
- Conventional anglicization: mesu-nesut
Noun
|
m pl
- (plural only) the royal children collectively; princes and princesses
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of msw-nswt
|
|||||||||||||||||||
| msw-nswt | |||||||||||||||||||
![]]](../I/m/hiero_Ba15a.png%3F0f12b.svg "]]"){kind=small}
References
- Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 394
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926-1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 139.7
This article is issued from
Wiktionary.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.