snwj

Egyptian

Egyptian numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: snwj     Ordinal: snnw     Adverbial: zpwj snwj     Distributive: snwj snwj     Fractional: gs, rmn

Etymology

Suffixed with -wj (dual ending). The root sn- is likely the same root found in sn (“brother”). Compare it also with Proto-Semitic *ṯin- and Central Atlas Tamazight ⵙⵉⵏ (sin).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /siˈnuwwaj/ → /siˈnuwwaj/ → /səˈnuwwə/ → /səˈnøww/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /siˈnuwwaj/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /siˈnuwwaj/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /səˈnuwwə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /səˈnøww/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛnuːi/
  • Conventional anglicization: senwi

Numeral

1. two

Inflection

Declension of snwj

	masculine	feminine
singular	—	—
dual	snwj	sntj
plural	—	—

snwj is in fact an adjective and inflects as one, but with dual forms only.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of snwj  

snwj	snwj

Derived terms

• ḥr snnw sy (“again”)

 

Descendants

• Akhmimic Coptic: ⲥⲛⲟ (sno), ⲥⲛⲉⲩ (sneu), ⲥⲛⲁⲩ (snau)
• Bohairic Coptic: ⲥⲛⲁⲩ (snau)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ⲥⲛⲉⲩ (sneu), ⲥⲛⲉⲟⲩ (sneou)
• Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲥⲛⲉⲩ (sneu)
• Old Coptic: ⲥⲛⲉⲟⲩ (sneou), ⲥⲛⲁⲟⲩ (snaou)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲛⲁⲩ (snau), ⲥⲛⲁⲁⲩ (snaau)

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 102.
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN