ꜥꜣbt

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Egyptian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From ꜥꜣb (“to make an offering”) +‎ -t.

Noun

aA
a		 AbtM19Y1
Z2

 f

  1. offerings, especially a large set of offerings to the gods, hecatomb
  2. food for the dead in the afterworld
  3. food, provisions, etc. in general
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥꜣbt  
a
A		 btM19X2 W22
X4
M19tX2 W22
X6
aA
a		 Abt
M43		 X4
Z2
M19X4
Z2
a
b		 t
Z5		 Hb
ra
aA
a		 btM19Y1
Z2
M19t
Y1
Z2
ꜥꜣbt ꜥꜣbt ꜥꜣbt ꜥꜣb ꜥbt ꜥbt ꜥꜣbt
Derived terms
Descendants

Noun

a
A		 bM19t
W62

 f

  1. a kind of jug used for washing
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥꜣbt  
abM19t
W62
M19t
W62
ꜥꜣbt ꜥꜣbt

Etymology 2

From ꜥꜣb (“to be pleasing, to be selfish”) +‎ -t.

Noun

aA
a		 AbtM43Y1
Z2

 f

  1. (hapax) self-pleasingness, selfishness
Usage notes

This word may alternatively not be an independent word of its own, but rather merely a metaphorical use of the word above meaning ‘offerings’. It is only attested in the L2 version of the Instructions of Ptahhotep (pBM EA 10509) in the phrase kꜣw n ꜥꜣbt (“sustenance of (selfishness?)”).

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