ḫt n ꜥnḫ

Egyptian

Etymology

ḫt +‎ n(j) +‎ ꜥnḫ, literally “the wood of life”.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɛt ɛn ɑːnx/
  • Conventional anglicization: khet en ankh

Noun

 m

1. (idiomatic, a kenning) plant-based food, often specifically corn or grain as food for humans in opposition to herbs (smw) for cattle [since the Pyramid Texts]

Inflection

Declension of ḫt n ꜥnḫ (masculine)

singular	ḫt n ꜥnḫ
dual	ḫtwj nwj ꜥnḫ
plural	ḫtw nw ꜥnḫ

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫt n ꜥnḫ  

ḫt n ꜥnḫ	ḫt n ꜥnḫ
[since the 18th Dynasty]	[Greco-Roman Period]

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 342.2–342.4
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 198