nn zp
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Egyptian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
nn (“not”) + zp (“to happen”) in the subjunctive.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /nɛn zɛp/
- Conventional anglicization: nen zep
Phrase[edit]
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- (with a following verb in the subjunctive) never (will it happen that…); used as a stronger version of the negation of a subjunctive with nn.
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 259–260.