ḥnt

See also: Hnt.

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ħɛnɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: henet

Noun

f

swampy lake or canal [since the Pyramid Texts]
(Late Egyptian) a bucket or basin to hold papyrus [20th Dynasty]

Inflection

Declension of ḥnt (feminine)

singular	ḥnt
dual	ḥntj
plural	ḥnwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥnt

V28 [H]

N35 [n]

X1 [t]

N36

ḥnt

[Old Kingdom]

Proper noun

f

the branch of the Nile connecting the river to the Fayum Oasis

References

Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 105.1–103.5
Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 171

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