ṯztj

Egyptian

Etymology

ṯzt (“range of mountains or hills”) +‎ -j (nisba ending).

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɛzti/
- Conventional anglicization: tjezti

Noun

m

one of the dead (literally ‘(inhabitant) of the (desert) hills’)
- c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 6:
  
  jmjw dwꜣt m sn-tꜣ ṯztjw m ksw
  Those in the afterworld kiss the earth, and those in the desert hills bow down.

Inflection

Declension of ṯztj (masculine)

singular	ṯztj
dual	ṯztjwj
plural	ṯztjw

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