Egyptian
Noun
masculine
- beer
- The Stela of Sa-Setet/Sa-Satis (Louvre Museum 271)
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- ḫ3 m t ḥnqt k3w 3pdw n k3 n jmj-rˤ...
- Thousand of bread and beer, cattle and fowl for the ka of the overseer...
Usage notes
Sometimes transliterated as ḥqt, the "n" hieroglyph which is attested in alternative forms, Demotic and Coptic was probably left out for aesthetic purposes.
Alternative hieroglyphic writings:
Inflection
| Declension |
|---|
| sing. |
ḥnqt
|
| dual |
ḥnqtwj
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| plural |
ḥnqwt
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Synonyms
Descendants
- ḥnq, ḥnqe, ḥnqy, ḥq (Demotic)
- Coptic: ϩⲛⲕⲉ (hənkə) (Sahidic), ϩⲉⲙⲕⲓ (hɛmki) (Bohairic)
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References
Faulkner, A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian
