Egyptian
FWOTD – 26 March 2014
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈtʼVːput/ → /ˈtʼVːpuʔ/ → /ˈtʼVːpa/ → /ˈtʼVːpə/
Noun
f
- ship, boat
c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE,
Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 24–28:
- hꜣ.kw r wꜣḏ-wr m dpt nt št-mḏwtj mḥ m ꜣw.s ḥmw mḥ m sḫw.s št-mḏwtj sqd jm.s m stp n(j) kmt
- I had gone down to the sea in a boat of a hundred twenty cubits in length and forty cubits in breadth, with a hundred twenty sailors in it of the choice of Egypt.
c. 1859 BCE – 1800 BCE,
The Eloquent Peasant, version B2 (pAmherst 2 and pBerlin 3025) lines 101–103:
- jr sqdd ẖr.f nj sꜣḥ.n.f tꜣ nj mjn.n dpwt.f r dmj.s
- As for him who sails with it, he cannot set foot on land, and his boat cannot moor at its harbor.
Inflection
Declension of dpt (feminine u-stem)
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dpt
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| dual
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dptj
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| plural
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dpwt
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of dpt
Etymology 2
From dp (“to taste”) + -t.
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈtʼiːpVt/ → /ˈtʼiːpVʔ/ → /ˈtʼiːpa/ → /ˈtʼiːpə/
Noun
f
- taste (sensations produced by the tongue)
- (figuratively) experience
Inflection
Declension of dpt (feminine)
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dpt
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| dual
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dptj
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| plural
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dpwt
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Descendants
- Akhmimic Coptic: ϯⲡⲉ (tipe)
- Bohairic Coptic: ϯⲡⲓ (tipi)
- Fayyumic Coptic: ϯⲡⲓ (tipi)
- Lycopolitan Coptic: ϯⲡⲉ (tipe)
- Sahidic Coptic: ϯⲡⲉ (tipe)
Etymology 3
Possibly related to dpt (“taste”); see above.
Pronunciation
Noun
f
- (usually in the dual) a kind of baked goods
Inflection
Declension of dpt (feminine)
| singular
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dpt
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| dual
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dptj
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| plural
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dpwt
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of dpt
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈtʼiːpVt/ → /ˈtʼiːpVʔ/ → /ˈtʼiːpa/ → /ˈtʼiːpə/
Noun
f
- (originally in medical papyri) an edible doubled body part; conventionally rendered as loins, but possibly also the kidneys
Inflection
Declension of dpt (feminine)
| singular
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dpt
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| dual
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dptj
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| plural
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dpwt
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of dpt
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| dpt
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dpt
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dp
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dpt
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[Late Egyptian]
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[Late Egyptian]
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[Greco-Roman Period]
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Descendants
- Akhmimic Coptic: ϯⲡⲉ (tipe)
- Bohairic Coptic: ϯⲡⲓ (tipi)
- Fayyumic Coptic: ϯⲡⲓ (tipi)
- Lycopolitan Coptic: ϯⲡⲉ (tipe)
- Sahidic Coptic: ϯⲡⲉ (tipe)
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 444.16–445.9, 445.13–445.16, 446.1–446.16, 447.6–447.11
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 312
- Lesko, Leonard, Lesko, Barbara (2002) A Dictionary of Late Egyptian, second edition, Providence: B.C. Scribe Publications, →ISBN
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 55
- ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 58
- ^ Allen, James Peter (2015) Middle Egyptian Literature: Eight Literary Works of the Middle Kingdom, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 283
- ^ Allen, James Peter (2015) Middle Egyptian Literature: Eight Literary Works of the Middle Kingdom, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 71–72