snwj

Egyptian

Egyptian numbers ^(edit)

	20[a], [b]
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Cardinal: snwj     Ordinal: snnw     Adverbial: zpwj snwj     Distributive: snwj snwj     Fractional: gs, rmn

Etymology

Suffixed with -wj (dual ending). The root sn- is likely the same root found in sn (“brother”). Compare it also with Proto-Semitic *ṯin- and Central Atlas Tamazight ⵙⵉⵏ (sin).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /siˈnuwwaj/ → /siˈnuwwaj/ → /səˈnuwwə/ → /səˈnøww/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /siˈnuwwaj/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /siˈnuwwaj/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /səˈnuwwə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /səˈnøww/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛnuːi/
  • Conventional anglicization: senwi

Numeral

1. two

Inflection

Declension of snwj

	masculine	feminine
singular	—	—
dual	snwj	sntj
plural	—	—

¹ Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun.
² From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural.
In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.

snwj is in fact an adjective and inflects as one, but with dual forms only.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of snwj  

snwj	snwj

Derived terms

• ḥr snnw sy (“again”)

Descendants

• Akhmimic Coptic: ⲥⲛⲟ (sno), ⲥⲛⲉⲩ (sneu), ⲥⲛⲁⲩ (snau)
• Bohairic Coptic: ⲥⲛⲁⲩ (snau)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ⲥⲛⲉⲩ (sneu), ⲥⲛⲉⲟⲩ (sneou)
• Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲥⲛⲉⲩ (sneu)
• Old Coptic: ⲥⲛⲉⲟⲩ (sneou), ⲥⲛⲁⲟⲩ (snaou)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲛⲁⲩ (snau), ⲥⲛⲁⲁⲩ (snaau)

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 102.
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN