Meanings
Representing the Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus). The reason for the phonetic value jt is obscure, but Gardiner suggests it could come from the word’s use as a determinative in ꜣd (“to be angry or aggressive”) as sound changes brought this word closer in pronunciation to jt.
Biliteral phonogram for jt in jty (“sovereign”).
Represents a sound or phonetic value
Logogram for or determinative in mzḥ (“crocodile”).
Represents a complete word or concept
Logogram for or determinative in ḫntj (an epithet of the god Set as a crocodile).
Represents a complete word or concept
Determinative in words relating to crocodiles and their perceived qualities: ḥntj (“to be greedy”), skn (“greedy”), ꜥẖm (name of a demon, literally “Horrifier”), ꜣd (“to be angry or aggressive”), etc.
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
Classifier aggression
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
A Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus).
Has a specialized or contextual function
Logogram: Jty — sovereign
Represents a complete word or concept
Logogram: MsH — crocodile
Represents a complete word or concept
Logogram: Xntj — crocodile
Represents a complete word or concept
Determinative: Greedy
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
Determinative: Agression
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
Attested Examplesfrom the TLA corpus
𓂘𓅜 𓆊𓎛𓏏𓀀
zḫn.w-ꜣḫ mzḥ.t
Sucher des Geistes Mezehet
𓀸𓌔𓏏𓏤 𓆊𓂞𓂞𓅱
ꞽr.ꞽ-pḏ.t ḏḏ.w-sbk
Bogenträger, Dedusebek.
𓎛𓋴𓐎𓏥 𓅓𓋴𓎛𓆊
ḥs mzḥ
Kot eines Krokodils.
Source: Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae corpus (CC BY-SA 4.0) — translations in German.
Quick Info
- Gardiner Code
- I3
- Unicode
- U+1318A
- Category
- I
- Meanings
- 11
- Transliterations
- 18
- Source
- both
- Text examples
- 3
