ꜣby-šmꜥ
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Egyptian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ꜣby (“lithe spotted big cat”) + šmꜥ (“Upper Egypt”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘panther of Upper Egypt’.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɑbiː ʃɛmɑː/
- Conventional anglicization: aby-shema
Noun
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- leopard, Panthera pardus, usually as a simile for bloodlust or fury
Inflection
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣby-šmꜥ
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ꜣbw-šmꜥt | ||||||||||
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References
[edit]- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 7.12–7.13