ḥfꜣt
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Egyptian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
ḥfꜣw (“snake”) + -t (“feminine suffix”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ħaˈfaːʀat/ → /ħaˈfaːʀaʔ/ → /ħəˈfaːʔə/ → /ħəˈfoːʔ/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /hɛfɑt/
- Conventional anglicization: hefat
Noun[edit]
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Inflection[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Akhmimic Coptic: ϩⲃⲟⲩ (hbou)
- Bohairic Coptic: ϩϥⲱ (hfō)
- Fayyumic Coptic: ϩⲃⲱ (hbō)
- Lycopolitan Coptic: ϩⲃⲱ (hbō)
- Sahidic Coptic: ϩϥⲱ (hfō), ϩⲃⲱ (hbō)
Proper noun[edit]
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- a settlement in Egypt at what is now El Mo'alla
References[edit]
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 38, 214.