jmntj

Egyptian

Etymology

jmnt (“west, right”) +‎ -j (nisba ending).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /jaˈmintij/ → /jaˈmintij/ → /ʔəˈmentə/ → /ʔəˈment/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2350 BCE) IPA^(key): /jaˈmintij/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /jaˈmintij/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔəˈmentə/
• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔəˈment/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /imɛnti/
  • Conventional anglicization: amenti

Adjective

1. western
2. right (direction)

Inflection

Declension of jmntj (nisba adjective)

	masculine	feminine
singular	jmntj	jmntt
dual	jmntjwj, jmntwj	jmnttj
plural	jmntjw, jmntw	jmntwt1, jmntt2

¹ Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun.
² 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.

Synonyms

• jmn

Antonyms

• jꜣbj
• jꜣbtj

Derived terms

• jmntt
• ḫntj-jmntjw

Descendants

• Demotic Egyptian: jmnṱ
  • Coptic: ⲉⲙⲉⲛⲧ (ement)

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 309.