Gardiner N35

A ripple of water

N · Sky, earth, water

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Curated notes on this page are not yet reviewed against the cited works.

Readings and pronunciation

n
Phonogram · uniliteral
[1][2]
Pronunciation
n
Note
Vowels are not attested in Egyptian writing; the transliteration is a modern scholarly convention, not a reconstructed pronunciation.

Example words

n
𓈖
Spelled with N35

to, for (preposition); of (genitive)

Role: Phonogram

[1]
rn
𓂋
𓈖
Spelled with D21, N35

name

Role: Phonogram

[3]
sn
𓌢
𓈖
𓀀
Spelled with T22, N35, A1

brother

Role: Phonogram

Phonetic complement: repeats the n already contained in the arrowhead.

[3]

Attestations

The Shipwrecked Sailor, opening
Text

P. Hermitage 1115, line 1

ḏd.ꞽn šms.w ꞽqr

“Then the excellent follower said”

The ripple writes the n of the ending .ꞽn.

[4]

Sources

[1]

Gardiner, Alan H. Egyptian Grammar. 3rd ed. Griffith Institute, 1957.

Origin of the Gardiner sign-list numbering (e.g. A1, D21).

Cited for: Sign-list N35

[2]

Unicode Consortium. Unikemet Data for Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Unicode 17.0.0 (Unikemet-17.0.0.txt).

Cited for: U+13216; U+13217

[3]

Faulkner, Raymond O. A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian. Griffith Institute, 1962.

Cited for: s.v. rn; s.v. sn

[4]

Blackman, Aylward M. Middle-Egyptian Stories. Bibliotheca Aegyptiaca 2. Brussels: Fondation Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth, 1932.

Cited for: Shipwrecked Sailor 1