Nephthys

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νέφθυς (Néphthus), from Egyptian nbt-ḥwt,

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛfθɪs/

Nephthys

1. (Egyptian mythology) 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.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νέφθυς (Néphthus).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnepʰ.tʰys/, [ˈnɛpʰt̪ʰʏs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnef.tis/, [ˈnɛft̪is]

Nephthys f sg (genitive Nephthyos); third declension

1. (New Latin) Nephthys

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), singular only.

¹In poetry.