Egyptian
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Etymology
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ḫt + n(j) + ꜥnḫ, literally “the wood of life”.
Pronunciation
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- (idiomatic, a kenning) plant-based food, often specifically corn or grain as food for humans in opposition to herbs (smw) for cattle [since the Pyramid Texts]
Inflection
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Declension of ḫt n ꜥnḫ (masculine)
Alternative forms
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫt n ꜥnḫ
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ḫt n ꜥnḫ
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ḫt n ꜥnḫ
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[since the 18th Dynasty]
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[Greco-Roman Period]
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References
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- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 342.2–342.4
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 198