smḥj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛmhi/
  • Conventional anglicization: semhi

Adjective

1. (Late Egyptian) left (direction)

Inflection

Declension of smḥj (nisba adjective)

	masculine	feminine
singular	smḥj	smḥt
dual	smḥjwj, smḥwj	smḥtj
plural	smḥjw, smḥw	smḥwt1, smḥt2
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.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of smḥj  

smḥ

Noun

 m

1. (Late Egyptian) left side

Alternative forms

See under the adjective above.

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 140.10–140.14