Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (noun meaning ‘scroll’): (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈʃiːʕVt/ → /ˈʃiːʕVʔ/ → /ˈʃeːʕa/ → /ˈʃeːʕə/
- (noun meaning ‘scroll’): (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA(key): /ˈʃiːʕVt/
- where V represents an unknown short vowel.
- (noun meaning ‘scroll’): (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA(key): /ˈʃiːʕVʔ/
- where V represents an unknown short vowel.
- (noun meaning ‘scroll’): (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA(key): /ˈʃeːʕa/; compare the Akkadian transcription in Middle Babylonian [script needed] (ši-ḫa)[1]
- (noun meaning ‘scroll’): (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA(key): /ˈʃeːʕə/
Etymology 1
šꜥ (“to cut off”) + -t.
Noun
f
- slaughter
- wounding
- terror
- ill, misfortune
Inflection
Declension of šꜥt (feminine)
| singular
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šꜥt
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| dual
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šꜥtj
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| plural
|
šꜥwt
|
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šꜥt
Derived terms
Noun
f
- knife
Inflection
Declension of šꜥt (feminine)
| singular
|
šꜥt
|
| dual
|
šꜥtj
|
| plural
|
šꜥwt
|
Etymology 2
Noun
f
- papyrus scroll or book
Inflection
Declension of šꜥt (feminine)
| singular
|
šꜥt
|
| dual
|
šꜥtj
|
| plural
|
šꜥwt
|
Derived terms
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[2], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 416.11–417.7, 418.10–419.19
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 262
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 218.