Egyptian
FWOTD – 19 February 2021
Other romanization schemes
| Manuel de Codage
|
xpS
|
| Gardiner 1927
|
ḫpš
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| Erman & Grapow 1926
|
ḫpš
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| Lepsius 1874 (obsolete)
|
χepeš
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Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈχaːpVʃ/ → /ˈχaːpVʃ/ → /ˈχaːpəʃ/ → /ˈχoːpəʃ/
Noun
m
- foreleg of an animal
- strong arm (of a human)
- (figuratively) strength
c. 1900 BCE,
The Instructions of Kagemni (
pPrisse/pBN 183) lines 2.1–2.2:
- (j)m ꜥꜣ jb.k ḥr ḫpš m ḥr(j) jb ḏꜣmw.k zꜣw jtn.k
- Don’t grow arrogant (lit. don’t make your heart big) on account of (your) strength in the midst of your cohort, lest you be challenged.
Inflection
Declension of ḫpš (masculine)
| singular
|
ḫpš
|
| dual
|
ḫpšwj
|
| plural
|
ḫpšw
|
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫpš
Descendants
- Bohairic Coptic: ϣⲱⲃϣ (šōbš), ϣⲱⲡϣ (šōpš)
- Sahidic Coptic: ϣⲱⲡϣ (šōpš)
- Akhmimic Coptic: ⳉⲱⲡϣ (xōpš)
Proper noun
m
- (astronomy) the Big Dipper (literally “the Foreleg”)
- Synonym: msḫtjw
Noun
m
- khopesh
Inflection
Declension of ḫpš (masculine)
| singular
|
ḫpš
|
| dual
|
ḫpšwj
|
| plural
|
ḫpšw
|
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 335.