ḥmt-nṯr

Egyptian

Etymology

From ḥmt (“servant”) +‎ nṯr (“god”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘servant of a god’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛmɛt nɛt͡ʃɛr/
- Conventional anglicization: hemet-netjer

Noun

f

priestess
Coordinate term: ḥm-nṯr

Inflection

Declension of ḥmt-nṯr (feminine)

singular	ḥmt-nṯr
dual	ḥmtj-nṯr
plural	ḥmwt-nṯr

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥmt-nṯr

ḥm-nṯr

most common writing,
indistinguishable from masculine ḥm-nṯr

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 90.8–90.11

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