btꜣ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Noun

 m

  1. immoral act, wrongdoing, sin [since the Book of the Dead]



    ― jwtj btꜣ.f ― innocent (person), (person) with no sins



    ― jrt btꜣ r.sn ― to commit a sin against them

    ― btꜣ ꜥꜣ n m(w)t ― an evil deed deserving of death (literally, “evil deed great unto death”)
    • c. 1250 BCE, Book of the Dead of Ani (British Museum EA 10470) chapter 30B, speech of Thoth, column 6–7:



      nj gm.n.tw btꜣ.f nb
      No sin of his has been found.
  2. illegal act, crime
  3. harm, misfortune

Usage notes

This word is commonly found with an attached suffix pronoun referring to the perpetrator of the wrong in question. In Late Egyptian it generally takes the article pꜣ.

Inflection

Declension of btꜣ (masculine)
singular btꜣ
dual btꜣwj
plural btꜣw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of btꜣ  


btꜣ btꜣ

Verb

 3-lit.

  1. (intransitive, Late Egyptian) to do wrong, to sin, to be(come) guilty of evil deeds

Noun

 m

  1. evildoer, wrongdoer, criminal [18th Dynasty]

Inflection

Declension of btꜣ (masculine)
singular btꜣ
dual btꜣwj
plural btꜣw

References

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