ḫmtnw

Egyptian

Egyptian numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: ḫmtw     Ordinal: ḫmtnw     Adverbial: ḫmtw zpw     Distributive: ḫmtw ḫmtw     Fractional: r ḫmtw

Etymology

ḫmt-, root of ḫmtw +‎ -nw.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɛmɛtnuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: khemetnu

Adjective

1. third

Inflection

Declension of ḫmtnw

	masculine	feminine
singular	ḫmtnw	ḫmtnwt
dual	ḫmtnwwj	ḫmtnwtj
plural	ḫmtnww	ḫmtnwwt1, ḫmtnwt2
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.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫmtnw  

ḫmtnw

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.