Introduction The Hieroglyphic writing Numbers Nouns Grammatical uses of the noun Adjectives and Comparison Demonstratives Personal Pronouns Titles in Ancient Egypt The Offering Formula Infinitive Possessive Adjectives Verbs in Ancient Egyptian language Relative in Ancient Egyptian Language Attribution Adjectives Comparative and Superlative Fractions Measures Interrogative pronouns Enclitic particles Non-Enclitic particles Prepositions Anticipation in the Ancient Egyptian Language Stative (Old Perfective) Active participles Passive participle The Passive Voice Verbal Sentence in Ancient Egyptian language Non-verbal Sentence in Ancient Egyptian language

Cardinal numbers

Egyptians wrote numbers in two ways: cardinals and ordinals. Cardinals are simply 1, 2, 3…. Ordinals means, first, second, third…..

Cardinal numbers

1

wa𓏀

𓏀

2

sn-nw 

𓏀𓐱𓏀

3

xmt

𓏀𓐱𓏀𓐱𓏀

4

fdw

𓏀𓐱𓏀𓐰𓏀𓐱𓏀

5

diw

𓏀𓐱𓏀𓐰𓏀𓐱𓏀𓐱𓏀

6

sisw

𓏀𓐱𓏀𓐱𓏀𓐰𓏀𓐱𓏀𓐱𓏀

7

sfxw

𓏀𓐱𓏀𓐱𓏀𓐰𓏀𓐱𓏀𓐱𓏀𓐱𓏀

8

xmnw

𓏀𓐱𓏀𓐱𓏀𓐱𓏀𓐰𓏀𓐱𓏀𓐱𓏀𓐱𓏀

9

psD

𓏀𓐱𓏀𓐱𓏀𓐱𓏀𓐰𓏀𓐱𓏀𓐱𓏀𓐱𓏀𓐱𓏀

10

mD

π“Ž†

100

St

𓍒

1000

xA

𓆼

10000

Dba

π“‚­

100000

Hfn

𓆐

1000000

HH

𓁨

The higher value is written preceding the lesser value.

Example

11

π“Ž†π“€

22

π“Ž†π“Ž†π“€π“€

33

π“Ž†π“±π“Ž†π“±π“Ž†π“°π“€π“±π“€π“±π“€

134

π“’π“Ž†π“°π“Ž†π“°π“Ž†π“€π“±π“€π“°π“€π“±π“€

1924

π“†Όπ“’π“±π“’π“±π“’π“±π“’π“°π“’π“±π“’π“±π“’π“±π“’π“’π“Ž†π“°π“Ž†π“€π“±π“€π“°π“€π“±π“€

Usage

The number follows the noun, in its numeral form, except for the singular form that is written in its phonetic signs and follow their noun in gender.

Example

2 Boats

dpt 2

𓂧𓐰π“Šͺπ“±π“π“Š›π“€π“±π“€

11 Men

s 11

π“Šƒπ“°π“€€π“±π“€π“Ž†π“°π“€

One Woman

st wat

π“Šƒπ“°π“π“π“Œ‘π“°π“‚π“π“°π“€

 Notes

a) The numerals follow the noun but are read before it.
b) Occasionally, the numeral preceded the noun

Example

π“†Όπ“…“π“π“°π“π“ŽŸπ“°π“π“„€π“†‘π“°π“‚‹π“°π“

XA m xt nbt nfrt
A thousand of every good thing.