nfr n

Egyptian

Etymology

nfr (“not even”) +‎ n.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛfɛr ɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: nefer en

Phrase

1. (chiefly Old Egyptian, with a following imperfective emphatic form) not, that not
2. (Middle Egyptian, with a following imperfective emphatic form) used to negate the protasis of conditional sentences

Usage notes

In Middle Egyptian, the use of the verb tm (“to not do, not be”) largely supplanted the construction with nfr n except in protases.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nfr n  

nfr nj

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 195, 414.