Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈzaçʀaw/ → /ˈsaçʀaw/ → /ˈsaçjə/ → /saçi/
- (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA(key): /ˈzaçʀaw/ (singular), IPA(key): /zaçˈʀaːwaw/ (plural)[1]
- (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA(key): /ˈsaçʀaw/ (singular), IPA(key): /saçˈʀaːwaw/ (plural)
- (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA(key): /ˈsaçjə/ (singular), IPA(key): /səçˈaːjə/ (plural)
- (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA(key): /ˈsaçi/ (singular), IPA(key): /səˈçoːj/ (plural)
Noun
m
- scribe
Inflection
Declension of zẖꜣw (masculine a-stem)
| singular
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zẖꜣw
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| dual
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zẖꜣwwj
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| plural
|
zẖꜣww
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Akhmimic Coptic: ⲥⲁⳉ (sax)
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲥⲁϧ (sax)
- Fayyumic Coptic: ⲥⲉϩ (seh)
- Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲥⲁϩ (sah)
- Old Coptic: ⲥⲁϩ (sah)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲁϩ (sah)
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 48, 63.
- ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 58