nfr n
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Egyptian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /nɛfɛr ɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: nefer en
Phrase[edit]
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- (chiefly Old Egyptian, with a following imperfective emphatic form) not, that not
- (Middle Egyptian, with a following imperfective emphatic form) used to negate the protasis of conditional sentences
Usage notes[edit]
In Middle Egyptian, the use of the verb tm (“to not do, not be”) largely supplanted the construction with nfr n except in protases.
Alternative forms[edit]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nfr n
References[edit]
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 195, 414.