nnšm

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈnanʃVm/ → /ˈnanʃVw/ → /ˈnajʃə/ → /najʃ/

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

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈnanʃVw/, with dissimilation of the final nasal

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈnajʃə/, with sporadic sound change /n/ > /j/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /najʃ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛnʃɛm/
  • Conventional anglicization: nenshem

Noun

 m

1. spleen

Inflection

Declension of nnšm (masculine)

singular	nnšm
dual	nnšmwj
plural	nnšmw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nnšm  

nnšm

Descendants

• Sahidic Coptic: ⲛⲟⲉⲓϣ (noeiš)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 276.17–276.20