ḫftt

Egyptian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɛfɛtɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: khefetet

Adjective

 f

1. feminine singular of ḫftj

Noun

 f

1. (female) enemy

Inflection

Declension of ḫftt (feminine)

singular	ḫftt
dual	ḫfttj
plural	ḫftwt

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 38, 40.