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See also: ZP and zpꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

Noun

z
p zp

 m

  1. time (as in the first time or many times), occurrence, instance
  2. occasion, chance
  3. mishap, mischance, incident
  4. matter, business, affair
  5. state, condition (of a thing)
  6. character, kind (of a person)
  7. cause, venture
  8. deed, act
    • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 10–11:
      E9
      a      		 wiwa
      H_SPACE      		 gbbswiit
      Y1
      tA
      tA      		 U3
      f      		 Axx
      H_SPACE      		 Y1
      Z2
      f      		 sV25wY1
      n
      f
      n
      f      		 sT32
      m      		 tA
      tA
      tA
      n      		 m&a r
      wAH      		 n
      z
      p      		 zp
      Z2ss      		 ir
      n
      f
      jwꜥw gbb (n)syt tꜣwj mꜣ.f ꜣḫw.f swḏ.n.f n.f sšm tꜣw n mꜥr n(j) zpw jr.n.f
      the heir of Geb in the kingship of the Two Lands (Egypt), whose prowess he (Geb) saw, to whom he has bequeathed the guidance of the lands because of the success of the deeds he has done.
  9. fault, misdeed
    • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 22:
      ir
      Dw      		 twr
      Sd
      d      		 xrwwwd
      Z9
      D40      		 q
      n
      nDs      		 z
      p zp
      f      		 spr
      r
      D54      		 r
      f
      jr ḏwt r šd-ḫrw wd qn zp.f spr(.w) r.f
      Evil has been done to the Disturber (Set), he who committed violence; his misdeed has caught up with him.
  10. article, item, point (in a text)
  11. (mathematics) times (in multiplication)
  12. (usually in the plural) medicinal concoction, medicine, remedy, dose
  13. portion of food
Inflection
Declension of zp (masculine)
singular zp
dual zpwj
plural zpw
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zp  
zp
sp
zp
z
p y		 zp
zp sp zpj
abbreviation, initially chiefly
used in counting; also
common in other uses during
the Greco-Roman Period 		rare rare
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Demotic: sp

Etymology 2

From zpj (“to remain”).

Pronunciation

Noun

z
p zp

 m

  1. rest, remainder, remnant
  2. particularly, remaining food
Inflection
Declension of zp (masculine)
singular zp
dual zpwj
plural zpw
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zp  
z
p y		 zp
zpj
Descendants
  • Demotic: sp

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