nhj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Noun
n
h		 y
G37		 N33C
Z2ss

 m

  1. some, a few, a little, a bit
    • c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Kagemni (pPrisse/pBN 183) line 1.6:
      iwnfrf
      r      		 t
      Y1      		 id
      n      		 idnY1bWnfrf
      r      		 iwn
      h      		 nDs
      n      		 k
      t      		 t
      nDs      		 id
      n      		 idnY1wrr
      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.

Usage notes

Though a noun in Egyptian, this frequently describes another noun as the first element in an indirect genitive construction with n(j) (thus literally “some of”), and it is often best translated into English as a determiner.

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nhj  
n
h		 G37N33C
Z2ss
nh

Descendants
  • Late Egyptian: nhꜣy
    • Coptic: ϩⲉⲛ- (hen-), ϩⲛ- (hn-)
  • Coptic: ϩⲟⲉⲓⲛⲉ (hoeine)

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 64.
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