djw ḥrjw rnpt

Egyptian

Etymology

djw (“five”) +‎ ḥrjw (“being upon”) +‎ rnpt (“year”), thus literally ‘the five upon the year’.

Pronunciation
  • (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /diuː hɛriuː rɛnpɛt/
    • Conventional anglicization: diu heriu renpet

Noun
rnpt
Z1 Z1 Z1 Z1 Z1		 Hr
r		 whrw

 m pl

  1. (plural only) the five epagomenal (intercalary) days at the end of the Egyptian year which did not belong to any month

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 107.
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