Nephthys
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νέφθυς (Néphthus), from Egyptian nbt-ḥwt,
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Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Nephthys
- (Egyptian mythology) An ancient Egyptian goddess, the wife of Set and sister of Isis, Osiris, and Set, worshiped as a protective goddess and nurse of the pharaoh and associated with funerary rites and the transition from life to death.
Translations[edit]
ancient Egyptian funerary and protective goddess
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νέφθυς (Néphthus).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnepʰ.tʰys/, [ˈnɛpʰt̪ʰʏs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnef.tis/, [ˈnɛft̪is]
Proper noun[edit]
Nephthys f sg (genitive Nephthyos); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Nephthys |
| Genitive | Nephthyos |
| Dative | Nephthyī |
| Accusative | Nephthyn |
| Ablative | Nephthye |
| Vocative | Nephthys Nephthy1 |
1In poetry.
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