ḫftj

Egyptian

From ḫft (“facing, opposite”) +‎ -j (“nisba ending”); the noun is simply a nominalized use of the nisba adjective.

Declension of ḫftj (nisba adjective)

	masculine	feminine
singular	ḫftj	ḫftt
dual	ḫftjwj, ḫftwj	ḫfttj
plural	ḫftjw, ḫftw	ḫftwt¹, ḫftt²
Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun. From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural. In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫftj

ḫft

m

enemy, adversary
- 18th Dynasty, Great Hymn to Osiris, Stela of Amenmose (Louvre C 286), lines 21–22:
  
  mꜣꜥ.n.sn n zꜣ ꜣst ḫft(j).f ḫr n qn.f
  To the son of Isis they have delivered his adversary, fallen through his (own) violence.

Declension of ḫftj (masculine)

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫftj

ḫftj

ḫft

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 40, 88, 91, 339.
Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 71