nfr n
Egyptian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /nɛfɛr ɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: nefer en
Phrase
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- (chiefly Old Egyptian, with a following imperfective emphatic form) not, that not
- (Middle Egyptian, with a following imperfective emphatic form) used to negate the protasis of conditional sentences
Usage notes
editIn Middle Egyptian, the use of the verb tm (“to not do, not be”) largely supplanted the construction with nfr n except in protases.
Alternative forms
editAlternative hieroglyphic writings of nfr n
References
edit- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 195, 414.