jmj-r-šnt

Egyptian

Etymology

jmj-r (“overseer”) +‎ šnt (“dispute”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘overseer of dispute’.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /imi ɛr ʃɛnɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: imi-er-shenet

Noun

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1. sheriff

Inflection

Declension of jmj-r-šnt (masculine)

singular	jmj-r-šnt
dual	jmjwj-r-šnt
plural	jmjw-r-šnt

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 299.