Nephthys

English

Egyptian-style picture of Nephthys
Nephthys as shown in Egyptian art

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νέφθυς (Néphthus), from Egyptian nbt-ḥwt,

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛfθɪs/

Proper noun

Nephthys

  1. (Egyptian mythology) An ancient Egyptian goddess, the wife of Set and sister of Isis, Osiris, and Set, worshiped as a protective goddess and nurse of the pharaoh and associated with funerary rites and the transition from life to death.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νέφθυς (Néphthus).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nephthys f sg (genitive Nephthyos); third declension

  1. (New Latin) Nephthys

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Nephthys
Genitive Nephthyos
Dative Nephthyī
Accusative Nephthyn
Ablative Nephthye
Vocative Nephthys
Nephthy1

1In poetry.

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