spt
Egyptian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Afro-Asiatic *śapat (“lips”); compare Hebrew שָׂפָה (śāp̄ā), Arabic شَفَة (šafa), Aramaic ספתא, Classical Syriac ܣܦܬܐ.
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈsaːpat/ → /ˈsaːpaʔ/ → /ˈsoːpə/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /sɛpɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: sepet
Noun
f
- (chiefly in the dual) lip
- edge, shore
- horizon
Inflection
Declension of spt (feminine)
singular | spt |
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dual | sptj |
plural | spwt |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of spt
spt | spt | spt | sptj | |||||||||||
dual |
Descendants
- Demotic: spy, sby
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲥⲱⲡⲓ (sōpi)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲱⲡⲉ (sōpe), ⲥⲱⲃⲉ (sōbe)
Verb
- infinitive of spj
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 277.
- Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 34