nṯr

See also: NTR, nTr, ntr., and ntr

Egyptian

Pronunciation
 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈnaːcaɾ/ → /ˈnaːtaʔ/ → /ˈnaːtaʔ/ → /ˈnoːtə/

Noun
nTrZ1

 m

  1. god
    • c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Kagemni (pPrisse/pBN 183) line 2.2:
      D35r
      x      		 Y1n
      t      		 wxprr
      t      		 Z2
      ir      		 r
      t      		 nTrZ1x t
      f      		 U35A24f
      nj rḫ.n.tw ḫprt jrrt nṯr ḫft ḫsf.f
      One cannot know what might come to be or what the god might do when he punishes.

Inflection
Declension of nṯr (masculine)
singular nṯr
dual nṯrwj
plural nṯrw

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nṯr  
nTrA40
nTrG7
nṯr nṯr

The plural is almost invariably written as

Plural writing of nṯr  
R8A
nṯrw

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Demotic: G7⁠ntr (ntr)

References
  1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 13, 35, 53, 56

Further reading
  • Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
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