sfḫw

sfḫw

Egyptian

Egyptian numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: sfḫw     Ordinal: sfḫnw     Distributive: sfḫw sfḫw

Etymology 1

From Proto-Afro-Asiatic *sṗɣ (“seven”); cf. Proto-Semitic *šbʿ-.[1]

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈsafχaw/ → /ˈsafχaw/ → /ˈsaχf/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsafχaw/[1]
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsafχaw/
• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsaχf/, with metathesis

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛfɛxuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: sefekhu

Numeral

1. seven

Inflection

Declension of sfḫw

	masculine	feminine
singular	sfḫw	sfḫt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sfḫw  

sfḫw

Derived terms

• sfḫ ꜥbw (“an epithet of Seshat”)

 

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛfɛxuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: sefekhu

Noun

 m

1. (plural only) offerings

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sfḫw  

sfḫw

Noun

 m

1. (plural only) shit

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.
• Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN

1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 32, 71