fnṯ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈfincVw/ → /ˈfintVw/ → /ˈfintə/ → /fent/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈfincVw/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈfintVw/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈfintə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /fent/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /fɛnɛt͡ʃ/
  • Conventional anglicization: fenetj

Noun

 m

1. worm

Inflection

Declension of fnṯ (masculine)

singular	fnṯ
dual	fnṯwj
plural	fnṯw

Descendants

• Coptic: ϥⲛⲧ (fnt)

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 315.