nn zp

Egyptian

Etymology

nn (“not”) +‎ zp (“to happen”) in the subjunctive.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛn zɛp/
- Conventional anglicization: nen zep

Phrase

(with a following verb in the subjunctive) never (will it happen that…); used as a stronger version of the negation of a subjunctive with nn.

References

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 259–260.

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