nfrt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈnafɾat/ → /ˈnafɾaʔ/ → /ˈnafɾə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈnafɾat/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈnafɾaʔ/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈnafɾə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛfɛrɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: neferet

Adjective

 f

1. feminine singular of nfr
   • 12th Dynasty, The coffin of Nakhtankh, London, British Museum, BM EA 35285:

     […] qrst nfrt m jz.f nfr n ẖrt-nṯr […]

     […] a good burial in his wonderful tomb of the necropolis […]

Noun

 f

1. someone or something pleasing, beautiful, or good
   • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 115–116:

     nn ntt nn st m ẖnw.f jw.f mḥ(.w) ẖr nfrwt nbt

     There isn’t a thing that isn’t inside it, and it is full of all fine things.

   • c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Kagemni (pPrisse/pBN 183) line 1.6:

     jw nfrt jdn bw nfr jw nh(j) n(j) ktt jdn wr

     For a good thing serves for goodness, for a bit of a little thing serves for a big thing.

Inflection

Declension of nfrt (feminine)

singular	nfrt
dual	nfrtj
plural	nfrwt

Derived terms

• nfrt-jꜣbt
• nfrt-jj.tj
• nfrt-jrj
• nfrt-ḥnwt
• nfrt-kꜣw

 

Descendants

Coptic: ⲛⲟϥⲣⲓ (nofri) (Bohairic), ⲛⲟϥⲣⲉ (nofre) (Sahidic, Akhmimic)

Proper noun

 f

1. a female given name, Nofret

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nfrt  

nfrt	nfrt

References

• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 42
• Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen‎^[1], volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 201.10