ꜥꜣbt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From ꜥꜣb (“to make an offering”) +‎ -t.

Noun

 f

  1. offerings, especially a large set of offerings to the gods, hecatomb
  2. food for the dead in the afterworld
  3. food, provisions, etc. in general
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥꜣbt  












ꜥꜣbt ꜥꜣbt ꜥꜣbt ꜥꜣb ꜥbt ꜥbt ꜥꜣbt
[Old Kingdom] [Old Kingdom] [Middle Kingdom] [New Kingdom] [New Kingdom] [18th Dynasty] [18th Dynasty]
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Demotic: ꜥbj.t, ꜥbj, ꜥb.t, ꜥb, ꜥꜥb.t, ꜣb

Noun

 f

  1. a kind of jug used for washing [Pyramid Texts]
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥꜣbt  
ꜥꜣbt ꜥꜣbt

Etymology 2

From ꜥꜣb (“to be pleasing, to be selfish”) +‎ -t.

Noun

 f

  1. (hapax legomenon) self-pleasingness, selfishness
Usage notes

This word may alternatively not be an independent word of its own, but rather merely a metaphorical use of the word above meaning ‘offerings’. It is only attested in the L2 version of the Instructions of Ptahhotep (pBM EA 10509) in the phrase kꜣw n ꜥꜣbt (“sustenance of (selfishness?)”).

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