sḥḏw

sḥḏw

See also: sḥdw

Egyptian

Etymology

sḥḏ (“to brighten”) +‎ -w.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈsiħcʼVw/, /ˈsuħcʼVw/ → /ˈsiħtʼVw/, /ˈsuħtʼVw/ → /ˈseħtʼ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsiħcʼVw/, /ˈsuħcʼVw/ (exact quality of the first vowel uncertain)[1]

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsiħtʼVw/, /ˈsuħtʼVw/ (exact quality of the first vowel uncertain)

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

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

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛħd͡ʒuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: sehdju

Noun

 m

1. (medicine) a bright discoloration as a symptom of disease or injury, including leucomas and burn wounds

Descendants

• Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲉϩⲧ (seht)

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 227.3–227.5

1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 248