nj zp

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Egyptian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

nj (not) +‎ zp (to happen) in the perfective.

Pronunciation[edit]

Phrase[edit]

D35z
p zp
  1. (with a following verb in the subjunctive) never (has it happened that…); used as a stronger version of the negation of a perfective with nj.
    • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 153–154:
      xprrisE9wdD54ktwrstt
      pr
      t
      n
      D35
      z
      p
      zp
      U2
      ir
      AkN18
      N23 Z1
      p
      n
      xprrmn
      U19
      nwWiimw
      ḫpr js jwd.k tw r st pn nj zp mꜣ.k jw pn ḫpr(.w) m nwy
      When your parting from this place comes to pass, you will never again see this island, which will have turned into water.

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 270.