nsyt

Egyptian

Etymology

Derived from nswt (“king (of Egypt)”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛsiːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: nesyt

Noun

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1. kingship (of Egypt) [since the Middle Kingdom]

Inflection

Declension of nsyt (feminine)

singular	nsyt
dual	nsytj
plural	nsywt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nsyt  

syt

In keeping with the diversity of opinion regarding the reading of nswt, some authors opt for a different reading of nsyt, such as nswyt.

Derived terms

• wꜣḥ-nsyt-mj-rꜥ-m-pt

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 167.
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) “nśwjt”, in Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 332–333