šꜣwꜣbtj

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Egyptian

Etymology

Perhaps from šwꜣb (“persea (tree)”) +‎ -t +‎ -j, with persea perhaps being the material they were originally made from. The Late Period form wšbtj is apparently reshaped by folk etymology from wšb (“to answer”) +‎ -t +‎ -j, thus literally ‘answerer’.

Pronunciation

Noun

SAwAbt
y		 A53

 m

  1. ushabti

Inflection

Declension of šꜣwꜣbtj (masculine)
singular šꜣwꜣbtj
dual šꜣwꜣbtjwj
plural šꜣwꜣbtjw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šꜣwꜣbtj  
SAbt
y
SAbt
y		 A53
SAAbt
y		 A53
SAAbt
y		 A40
SAAwAbt
y		 A53
SAbwt
y
wSbt
y		 A53Z3
wSbTiA53
šꜣbtj šꜣbtj šꜣbtj šꜣbtj šꜣwꜣbtj šꜣwbtj wšbtj wšbṯj

Descendants

  • → English: shawabti, shabti, ushabti
  • → German: Uschebti

References

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