Egyptian
Etymology 1
sḫt (“field”) + -j.
Pronunciation
Noun
m
- farmer, peasant
Inflection
Declension of sḫtj (masculine)
| singular
|
sḫtj
|
| dual
|
sḫtjwj
|
| plural
|
sḫtjw
|
Etymology 2
sḫt (“to weave, to trap”) + -j.
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈsiχtVj/, /ˈsuχtVj/ → /ˈsiχtVj/, /ˈsuχtVj/ → /ˈseχtə/, /ˈsuχtə/ → /seχt/, /søχt/
- (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA(key): /ˈsiχtVj/, /ˈsuχtVj/ (exact quality of the first vowel uncertain)[1]
- where V represents an unknown short vowel.
- (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA(key): /ˈsiχtVj/, /ˈsuχtVj/ (exact quality of the first vowel uncertain)
- where V represents an unknown short vowel.
- (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA(key): /ˈseχtə/, /ˈsuχtə/ (exact quality of the first vowel uncertain)
- (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA(key): /seχt/, /søχt/ (exact quality of the first vowel uncertain)
Noun
m
- weaver
Inflection
Declension of sḫtj (masculine)
| singular
|
sḫtj
|
| dual
|
sḫtjwj
|
| plural
|
sḫtjw
|
Descendants
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲁϩⲧ (saht), ⲥⲁϣⲧ (sašt)
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 60, 74, 99, 112, 180, 196, 231, 236, 253, 388.
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 264.2, 264.12
- ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 248