jꜣft

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Egyptian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from Proto-Afroasiatic *liʔif-/*liʔaf (fingernail, claw).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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  1. claw, talon [Pyramid Texts]

Inflection[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E., Stolbova, Olga V. (1995) “*liʔi/af-”, in Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill