mswt-nbt-ḥwt

Egyptian

Etymology

mswt (“birth”) +‎ nbt-ḥwt (“Nephthys”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘birth(day) of Nephthys’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛsuːt nɛbɛt ħuːt/
- Conventional anglicization: mesut-nebet-hut

Proper noun

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The fifth of the five epagomenal (intercalary) days (djw ḥrjw rnpt) added to the end of the year in the ancient Egyptian calendar.

References

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

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