znj mnt

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Egyptian

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Etymology

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znj (to surpass) +‎ mnt (suffering), with znj in the infinitive and the two words in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘surpassing of suffering’.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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  1. great distress, calamity [since the 18th Dynasty]

References

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  • 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.