jmj-r mšꜥ

Egyptian

Etymology

jmj-r (“overseer”) +‎ mšꜥ (“army”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘overseer of the army’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /imi ɛr mɛʃɑː/
- Conventional anglicization: imi-er mesha

Noun

m

general (military leader)

Inflection

Declension of jmj-r mšꜥ (masculine)

singular	jmj-r mšꜥ
dual	jmjwj-r mšꜥ
plural	jmjw-r mšꜥ

References

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.

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