nfr-jb

Egyptian

Etymology

From nfr (“pleasingness, goodness”) +‎ jb (“heart, mind”) in a direct genitive construction with the first element nominalized, thus literally ‘goodness of heart/mind’.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛfɛr ib/
  • Conventional anglicization: nefer-ib

Noun

 m

1. relaxation, recreation

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 233.