ṯztj

Egyptian

Etymology

ṯzt (“range of mountains or hills”) +‎ -j (nisba ending).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɛzti/
  • Conventional anglicization: tjezti

Noun

 m

1. one of the dead (literally ‘(inhabitant) of the (desert) hills’)
   • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 6:

     jmjw dwꜣt m sn-tꜣ ṯztjw m ksw

     Those in the afterworld kiss the earth, and those in the desert hills bow down.

Inflection

Declension of ṯztj (masculine)

singular	ṯztj
dual	ṯztjwj
plural	ṯztjw