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Old Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos), from Mycenaean Greek *Aiguptos (compare 𐁁𐀓𐀠𐀴𐀍 (ai-ku-pi-ti-jo, “Egyptian”)) (perhaps via Minoan), from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ (literally “The Temple of the ka of Ptah”), initially referring to the prominent temple in the city of Memphis, once capital in the Middle Kingdom.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Égept f
- Egypt (a country in Africa)
Derived terms
Descendants
Mutation
Mutation of Égept
| radical |
lenition |
nasalization
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Égept
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
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unchanged
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nÉgept
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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