msw-nswt

Egyptian

Etymology

msw (“children”) +‎ nswt (“king”) in a direct genitive construction. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛsuː nɛsuːt/
- Conventional anglicization: mesu-nesut

Noun

m pl

(plural only) the royal children collectively; princes and princesses

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of msw-nswt

Xrd

Z2ss

msw-nswt

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 394.
Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 139.7

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