ḥꜣtj-ꜥ

Egyptian

Etymology

ḥꜣtj (“frontal”) +‎ ꜥ (“arm”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘frontal of arm’, i.e. ‘one whose arm is in front’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɑti ɑː/
- Conventional anglicization: hati-a

Noun

m

high official

Inflection

Declension of ḥꜣtj-ꜥ (masculine)

singular	ḥꜣtj-ꜥ
dual	ḥꜣtjwj-ꜥ
plural	ḥꜣtjw-ꜥ

References

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 34, 132.

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