ḥfꜣt

Egyptian

Etymology

ḥfꜣw (“snake”) +‎ -t (“feminine suffix”).

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ħaˈfaːʀat/ → /ħaˈfaːʀaʔ/ → /ħəˈfaːʔə/ → /ħəˈfoːʔ/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛfɑt/
- Conventional anglicization: hefat

Noun

f

(female) snake

Inflection

Declension of ḥfꜣt (feminine a-stem)

singular	ḥfꜣt
dual	ḥfꜣtj
plural	ḥfꜣwt

Descendants

Akhmimic Coptic: ϩⲃⲟⲩ (hbou)
Bohairic Coptic: ϩϥⲱ (hfō)
Fayyumic Coptic: ϩⲃⲱ (hbō)
Lycopolitan Coptic: ϩⲃⲱ (hbō)
Sahidic Coptic: ϩϥⲱ (hfō), ϩⲃⲱ (hbō)

Proper noun

f

a settlement in Egypt at what is now El Mo'alla

References

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 38, 214.

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