pr n nḥḥ

Egyptian

Etymology

pr (“house”) +‎ n(j) (“of”) +‎ nḥḥ (“eternity”).

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /pɛr ɛn nɛhɛh/
- Conventional anglicization: per en neheh

Noun

m

tomb [Middle and New Kingdoms]

Usage notes

Generally found with a suffix pronoun referring to the tomb’s owner appended to pr. A common variant also adds nfr (“pleasing, fine, good”) after pr.

Inflection

Declension of pr n nḥḥ (masculine)

singular	pr n nḥḥ
dual	prwj nwj nḥḥ
plural	prw nw nḥḥ

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of pr n nḥḥ

pr nfr n nḥḥ

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 514.3
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 89

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