nfr n
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== Egyptian ==
=== Etymology ===
nfr (“not even”) + n.
=== Pronunciation ===
(modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /nɛfɛr ɛn/
Conventional anglicization: nefer en
=== Phrase ===
(chiefly Old Egyptian, with a following imperfective emphatic form) not, that not
(Middle Egyptian, with a following imperfective emphatic form) used to negate the protasis of conditional sentences
==== Usage notes ====
In Middle Egyptian, the use of the verb tm (“to not do, not be”) largely supplanted the construction with nfr n except in protases.
==== Alternative forms ====
=== 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 195, 414.