ntjw jm

Egyptian

Etymology

ntjw (“(those) who are”) +‎ jm (“therein”).

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛtiuː im/, /ɛntiuː im/
- Conventional anglicization: netiu im, entiu im

Noun

m pl

(plural only, euphemistic) the dead
- c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 6–7:
  
  ḏrtjw m ṯḥw mꜣ.sn sw ntjw jm ḥr nr n.f
  The ancestors are in joy when they see him, and the dead are in awe of him.

References

Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 124

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