ḥwt-nṯr

Egyptian

Etymology

From ḥwt (“enclosure”) +‎ nṯr (“god”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘house of the god’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ħawitˈnaːcaɾ/ → /ħajiʔˈnaːtaʔ/ → /ħəjəˈnaːta/ → /ħəjəˈnoːtə/

Noun

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  1. temple

Inflection

Declension of ḥwt-nṯr (feminine)
singular ḥwt-nṯr
dual ḥwtj-nṯr
plural ḥwwt-nṯr

Derived terms

Descendants

The following descendant has been proposed, but Vycichl disputes it on phonetic grounds (compare the regular development of Sahidic Coptic ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ (noute) from nṯr):

  • >? Sahidic Coptic: ϩⲉⲛⲉⲉⲧⲉ (heneete)

References

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