nfrt
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈnafɾat/ → /ˈnafɾaʔ/ → /ˈnafɾə/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /nɛfɛrɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: neferet
Adjective
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- feminine singular of nfr
- 12th Dynasty, The coffin of Nakhtankh, London, British Museum, BM EA 35285:
- […] qrst nfrt m jz.f nfr n ẖrt-nṯr […]
- […] a good burial in his wonderful tomb of the necropolis […]
- 12th Dynasty, The coffin of Nakhtankh, London, British Museum, BM EA 35285:
Noun
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- someone or something pleasing, beautiful, or good
- c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 115–116:
- nn ntt nn st m ẖnw.f jw.f mḥ(.w) ẖr nfrwt nbt
- There isn’t a thing that isn’t inside it, and it is full of all fine things.
- c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Kagemni (pPrisse/pBN 183) line 1.6:
- jw nfrt jdn bw nfr jw nh(j) n(j) ktt jdn wr
- For a good thing serves for goodness, for a bit of a little thing serves for a big thing.
Derived terms
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nfrt
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References
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 42
- Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen, volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 201.10
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