mswt-ḥr

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Egyptian

Etymology

mswt (birth) +‎ ḥr (Horus) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘birth(day) of Horus’.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

msswtG5

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  1. The second of the five epagomenal (intercalary) days (djw ḥrjw rnpt) added to the end of the year in the ancient Egyptian calendar.

References

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