nfr jb

Egyptian

Etymology

nfr (“good”) +‎ jb (“heart”) in a direct genitive construction with the first element nominalized, thus literally ‘goodness of heart’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛfɛr ib/
- Conventional anglicization: nefer ib

Noun

m

relaxation, recreation

References

Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 233

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