sbꜣyt

Egyptian

Etymology

From sbꜣ (“to teach”).

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /sabˈʀaːjaʔ/ → /səˈbaːʔə/ → /səˈβoːʔ/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛbɑiːt/
- Conventional anglicization: sebayt

Noun

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instruction, teaching [since Middle Kingdom literature]

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sbꜣyt

sbA

sbꜣyt

Descendants

Demotic: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (sbꜣ.t)
- Akhmimic Coptic: ⲥⲃⲟⲩ (sbou)
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲥⲃⲱ (sbō)
- Fayyumic Coptic: ⲥⲃⲱ (sbō)
- Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲥⲃⲱ (sbō), ⲥⲃⲟⲩ (sbou)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲃⲱ (sbō)

References

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 262–263.

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