gstj

gstj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈkʼastVj/ → /ˈkʼastVj/ → /kʼast/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈkʼastVj/[1]
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈkʼastVj/

where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /kʼast/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɡɛsti/
  • Conventional anglicization: gesti

Noun

 m

1. scribal palette

Inflection

Declension of gstj (masculine)

singular	gstj
dual	gstjwj
plural	gstjw

Descendants

• Demotic: gst
  • Coptic: ϭⲁⲥⲧ (cast), ϭⲟⲥⲧ (cost)

(possibly:)

• → Hebrew: קֶסֶת‎

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 207.11–207.17

1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 245