sfḫnw

Egyptian

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Cardinal: sfḫw     Ordinal: sfḫnw     Adverbial: sfḫw zpw     Distributive: sfḫw sfḫw     Fractional: r sfḫw

Etymology

sfḫ-, root of sfḫw +‎ -nw.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛfɛxnuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: sefekhnu

Adjective

1. seventh

Inflection

Declension of sfḫnw

	masculine	feminine
singular	sfḫnw	sfḫnwt
dual	sfḫnwwj	sfḫnwtj
plural	sfḫnww	sfḫnwwt1, sfḫnwt2
Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun. From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural. In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.

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 103.