sfḫw
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Egyptian
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| ← 6 | 𓐀 7 |
8 → |
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| 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/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /sɛfɛxuː/
- Conventional anglicization: sefekhu
Numeral
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Inflection
Declension of sfḫw
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| singular | sfḫw |
sfḫt |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sfḫw
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| sfḫw | sfḫw |
- 𒉺𒅁𒄩 (šap-ḫa /sapḫa/) (14th bce cuneiform)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Coptic:
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /sɛfɛxuː/
- Conventional anglicization: sefekhu
Noun
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m
- (plural only) offerings
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sfḫw
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| sfḫw |
Noun
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m
- (plural only) shit
References
- James P 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 32, 71
- ^ 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