nj zp

Egyptian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Phrase
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.

References
  • 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.
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