ꜥt-sbꜣw

Egyptian

Etymology

From

(ꜥt, “room”) +‎
(sbꜣw, “teaching”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘room of teaching’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑːt sɛbɑuː/
- Conventional anglicization: at-sebau

Noun

f

school

Inflection

Declension of ꜥt-sbꜣw (feminine)

singular	ꜥt-sbꜣw
dual	ꜥtj-sbꜣw
plural	ꜥwt-sbꜣw

Descendants

Demotic: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (ꜥ.t-sbꜣ)
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲁⲛⲍⲏⲃ (anzēb)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲁⲛⲥⲏⲃⲉ (ansēbe)

References

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 58.

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