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

	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.

Declension of ntt (nisba adjective)

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