jmntj

Egyptian

Etymology

jmnt (“west, right”) +‎ -j (nisba ending).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /jaˈmintij/ → /jaˈmintij/ → /ʔəˈmentə/ → /ʔəˈment/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /jaˈmintij/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /jaˈmintij/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔəˈmentə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔəˈment/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /imɛnti/
  • Conventional anglicization: amenti

Adjective

1. western
2. right (direction)

Inflection

Declension of jmntj (nisba adjective)

	masculine	feminine
singular	jmntj	jmntt
dual	jmntjwj, jmntwj	jmnttj
plural	jmntjw, jmntw	jmntwt1, jmntt2
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.

Synonyms

• jmn

Antonyms

• jꜣbj
• jꜣbtj

Derived terms

• jmntt
• ḫntj-jmntjw

Descendants

• Demotic: jmnṱ
  • Coptic: ⲉⲙⲉⲛⲧ (ement)

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 309.