nḫ

See also: NH, Nh, nH, n.h., N.H., and nḥ

Egyptian

Etymology

From nḫj (“to lament”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛx/
  • Conventional anglicization: nekh

Adjective

1. pitiful

Inflection

Declension of nḫ (perfective active participle)

	masculine	feminine
singular	nḫ	nḫt
dual	nḫwj	nḫtj
plural	nḫw	nḫwt1, nḫt2
Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun. 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.

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 84.