jꜥn

Egyptian

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n
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Etymology

One early writing of the word shows the form ꜥnr, which Erman and Grapow take to represent the earliest known form of the word; however, Vycichl considers this a pseudo-archaic secondary development, since none of the known plural forms conserve the consonant r in this position.

Pronunciation

 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈjuʕnVr//ˈjuʕnVj//ˈʕuʕnə//ˈʕøʕn/

Noun

ia
n
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 m

  1. (male) baboon
  2. an epithet of the god Thoth

Inflection

Alternative forms

The determinative of the baboon
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may be replaced with one depicting only its head. As an epithet of Thoth, the word additionally appears with determinatives indicating godhood:

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Demotic: G7F27n-2ꜥꜥ (ꜥꜥn)

Proper noun

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n
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 m

  1. a constellation, the Baboon

Alternative forms

See under the noun above.

References

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