ḥꜥpj

Egyptian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ħVʕˈpij/ → /ħVjˈpij/ → /ħəˈpej/ → /ħəˈpej/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ħVʕˈpij/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ħVjˈpij/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ħəˈpej/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ħəˈpej/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɑːpi/
  • Conventional anglicization: hapi

Proper noun

 m

1. the Nile River

   Synonym: jtrw

2. the god Hapi

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥꜥpj  

ḥꜥp

[Middle Kingdom]

Noun

 m

1. (often in the plural) inundation of the Nile

Inflection

Declension of ḥꜥpj (masculine)

singular	ḥꜥpj
dual	ḥꜥpjwj
plural	ḥꜥpjw

Alternative forms

See under the proper noun section above.

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 337.
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 42.11–43.14