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 huːt/
    • Conventional anglicization: mesut-nebet-hut

Proper noun

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

References

  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 107.
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