Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nephthys

/ˈnɛfθɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English

Syllables: neph-thys
IPA: /ˈnɛfθɪs/

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An ancient Egyptian goddess, the wife of Set and sister of Isis, Osiris, and Set, worshiped as a protective goddess and nurse of the pharaoh and associated with funerary rites and the transition from life to death.

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νέφθυς (Néphthus), from Egyptian nbt-ḥwt, O9 t:H8

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: Νέφθυς, nbt-ḥwt

Questions

How do you pronounce nephthys?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈnɛfθɪs/.
What does nephthys mean?: An ancient Egyptian goddess, the wife of Set and sister of Isis, Osiris, and Set, worshiped as a protective goddess and nurse of the pharaoh and associated with funerary rites and the transition from life to death.
Where does nephthys come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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