ḥmt-nswt

Egyptian

Etymology

ḥmt +‎ nswt in a direct genitive construction. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition of the (n)sw(t) glyph.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛmɛt nɛsuːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: hemet-nesut

Noun

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1. queen; wife of the king

Inflection

Declension of ḥmt-nswt (feminine)

singular	ḥmt-nswt
dual	ḥmtj-nswt
plural	ḥmwt-nswt

Derived terms

• ḥmt-nswt-wrt

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 44.