Egyptian
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Etymology
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msw (“children”) + nswt (“king”) in a direct genitive construction. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.
Pronunciation
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m pl
- (plural only) the royal children collectively; princes and princesses
Alternative forms
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of msw-nswt
References
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- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 394.
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 139.7