jꜣft

Egyptian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iɑfɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: iafet

Noun

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claw, talon [Pyramid Texts]

Inflection

Declension of jꜣft (feminine)

singular	jꜣft
dual	jꜣftj
plural	jꜣfwt

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 31, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

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

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