sḫtj

Egyptian

Etymology 1

sḫt (“field”) +‎ -j.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛxti/
- Conventional anglicization: sekhti

Noun

m

farmer, peasant

Inflection

Declension of sḫtj (masculine)

singular	sḫtj
dual	sḫtjwj
plural	sḫtjw

Etymology 2

sḫt (“to weave, to trap”) +‎ -j.

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈsiχtVj/, /ˈsuχtVj/ → /ˈsiχtVj/, /ˈsuχtVj/ → /ˈseχtə/, /ˈsuχtə/ → /seχt/, /søχt/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛxti/
- Conventional anglicization: sekhti

Noun

m

weaver

Inflection

Declension of sḫtj (masculine)

singular	sḫtj
dual	sḫtjwj
plural	sḫtjw

Descendants

Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲁϩⲧ (saht), ⲥⲁϣⲧ (sašt)

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 60, 74, 99, 112, 180, 196, 231, 236, 253, 388.
Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 264.2, 264.12

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

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.