jꜣft

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Egyptian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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iAf
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 f

  1. claw, talon [Pyramid Texts]

Inflection

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Declension of jꜣft (feminine)
singular jꜣft
dual jꜣftj
plural jꜣfwt

References

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  1. ^ 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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