ntt

See also: NTT and ntṯ

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛtɛt/, /ɛntɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: netet, entet

Pronoun

 f sg 2. stressed (‘independent’) pronoun

1. Alternative spelling of ntṯ (“you”)

Etymology 2

Various uses of the feminine form of the relative adjective ntj.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛtɛt/, /ɛntɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: netet, entet

Adjective

 f

1. feminine singular of ntj

Inflection

Declension of ntt (nisba adjective)

	masculine	feminine
singular	ntj	ntt
dual	ntjwj, ntwj	nttj
plural	ntjw, ntw	ntwt1, ntt2
Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun. 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.

Noun

 f

1. (introducing a direct relative clause) she who is, one who is, that which is
2. (introducing an indirect relative clause, with a later resumptive pronoun) she for whom, one for whom, one such that, that for which
3. (without a following relative clause) she who exists, one who exists, that which exists

Usage notes

See the usage notes at ntj.

Inflection

See under the adjective above.

Derived terms

• ntt jwtt
• ntt m jb

 

Conjunction

1. (introducing a noun clause) serves as a complementizer to convert a verbal or nonverbal sentence with realis mood into a subordinated noun clause; that

   Synonym: wnt

Usage notes

When followed by a clause with a pronominal subject and adverbial predicate, the subject takes the form of a suffix pronoun attached to ntt. The exceptions to this are clauses with a first-person singular subject, which use the dependent pronoun wj, and sometimes a third-person subject, which can use the dependent pronoun st. Other subjects rarely also appear in dependent-pronoun form.

Subordinate complement clauses are typically unmarked if their mood is irrealis and marked with ntt, wnt, or jwt only if modally realis.

Derived terms

• m-ꜥ ntt
• n ntt
• r ntt
• ḥr ntt
• ḫft ntt
• ḏr ntt

 

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 52, 135, 141–142, 195.
• Uljas, Sami (2007) The Modal System of Earlier Egyptian Complement Clauses: A Study in Pragmatics in a Dead Language