št
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Egyptian
Etymology 1
| 1,000 | ||||
| ← 10 | ← 90 | 𓍢 100 |
200 → | 1,000 → |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | ||||
| Cardinal: št Ordinal: mḥ-št | ||||
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ʃit/ → /ʃiʔ/ → /ʃeʔ/ → /ʃeʔ/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ʃɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: shet
Numeral
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Inflection
Declension of št
| masculine | feminine | |
|---|---|---|
| singular | — |
št |
Descendants
- Coptic: ϣⲉ (še)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ʃɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: shet
Noun
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f
- calculation and collection of tax
Inflection
Derived terms
- ꜥꜣ n št (“tax-collector”)
Noun
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f
- (collective noun) A group of taxpayers (disputed, see Land-Tenure in the New Kingdom p. 197 for summary)
Inflection
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