jwtj-n.f

Egyptian

Etymology

jwtj (“one for whom it is not the case that”) +‎ n (“to, for”) +‎ .f (“him”), thus literally ‘one for whom (there is) not (something) for him’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iuːti ɛnʔɛf/
- Conventional anglicization: iuti-en.ef

Noun

m

one who has nothing, one of the have-nots, a poor person

Inflection

Declension of jwtj-n.f (masculine)

singular	jwtj-n.f
dual	jwtjwj-n.snj, jwtwj-n.snj
plural	jwtjw-n.sn, jwtw-n.sn

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 138.

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