sꜣgꜣ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sg"

Egyptian

Etymology

Borrowed from Semitic. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

Noun

 m

  1. an inferior kind of cloth, most likely sackcloth [19th Dynasty]

Inflection

Declension of sꜣgꜣ (masculine)
singular sꜣgꜣ
dual sꜣgꜣwj
plural sꜣgꜣw

Descendants

Probable descendants:

  • Coptic: ⲥⲟⲕ (sok), ⲥⲁⲕ (sak)

References

  • Hoch, James E. (1994) “383. *śaqqa”, in Semitic Words in Egyptian Texts of the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period, Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 269
  • Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) “śg”, in Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 320.4
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