n wn mꜣꜥ

Egyptian

Etymology

n(j) (“of”) +‎ wn mꜣꜥ (“reality, true quality”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɛn wɛn mɑʔɑː/
  • Conventional anglicization: en wen maa

Adjective

1. real, proper, true, genuine

Inflection

Declension of n wn mꜣꜥ (nisba adjective)

	masculine	feminine
singular	nj wn mꜣꜥ, n wn mꜣꜥ	nt wn mꜣꜥ
dual	njwj wn mꜣꜥ, nwj wn mꜣꜥ	ntj wn mꜣꜥ
plural	njw wn mꜣꜥ, nw wn mꜣꜥ	nwt wn mꜣꜥ1, nt wn mꜣꜥ2
Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun. From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural. In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 310.9
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 62