ḥm-nswt

Egyptian

Etymology

From ḥm (“servant”) +‎ nswt (“king”) in a direct genitive construction. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛm nɛsuːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: hem-nesut

Noun

 m

1. an official title; literally ‘royal servant’

Inflection

Declension of ḥm-nswt (masculine)

singular	ḥm-nswt
dual	ḥmwj-nswt
plural	ḥmw-nswt

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 282.