sfḫw

Egyptian

Egyptian numbers (edit)
70
 ←  6 𓐀
7 		8  → 
    Cardinal: sfḫw
    Ordinal: sfḫnw
    Adverbial: sfḫw zpw
    Distributive: sfḫw sfḫw
    Fractional: r sfḫw

Etymology 1

Sometimes considered to be cognate with Proto-Semitic *šabʕ-, from a form such as Proto-Afroasiatic *sṗɣ (“seven”).[1] However, the correspondences are problematic and have been challenged.[2]

Pronunciation

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

Numeral
  1. seven
Inflection
masculine feminine
singular sfḫw
 sfḫt
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sfḫw  


sfḫw sfḫw
  • 𒉺𒅁𒄩 (šap-ḫa /⁠sapḫa⁠/) (14th bce cuneiform)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Coptic:
    • Bohairic Coptic: ϣⲁϣϥ (šašf)
    • Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲁϣϥ (sašf)
    • Akhmimic Coptic: ⲥⲁⳉϥ (saxf)
    • Fayyumic Coptic: ϣⲉϣⲃ (šešb)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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, page 102.
  • Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 32, 71
  2. ^ Rubin, Aaron D. (2004) “An Outline of Comparative Egypto-Semitic Morphology” in Egyptian and Semito-Hamitic (Afro-Asiatic) studies: in memoriam W. Vycichl, page 481
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