ḫpš
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See also:
HPs
and
H&Ps
Contents
1
Egyptian
1.1
Pronunciation
1.2
Noun
1.2.1
Inflection
1.2.2
Alternative forms
1.2.3
Descendants
1.3
Proper noun
1.4
Noun
1.4.1
Inflection
1.5
References
Egyptian
[
edit
]
FWOTD – 19 February 2021
Pronunciation
[
edit
]
(
reconstructed
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˈχaːpVʃ/
→
/ˈχaːpVʃ/
→
/ˈχaːpəʃ/
→
/ˈχoːpəʃ/
(
Old Egyptian
, c. 2500
BCE
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˈχaːpVʃ/
where V represents an unknown short vowel.
(
Middle Egyptian
, c. 1700
BCE
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˈχaːpVʃ/
where V represents an unknown short vowel.
(
Amarna-period Late Egyptian
, c. 1350
BCE
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˈχaːpəʃ/
(
latest Late Egyptian
, c. 800
BCE
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˈχoːpəʃ/
(
modern Egyptological
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
/xɛpɛʃ/
,
/xopɛʃ/
Conventional anglicization:
khepesh, khopesh
Noun
[
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]
m
foreleg
of an
animal
strong
arm
(of a
human
)
(
figuratively
)
strength
c.
1900
BCE
,
The Instructions of Kagemni
(
pPrisse
/pBN 183) lines 2.1–2.2:
(j)m ꜥꜣ jb.k ḥr ḫpš m ḥr(j) jb ḏꜣmw.k zꜣw jtn.k
Don’t grow arrogant (lit. don’t make your heart big) on account of (your)
strength
in the midst of your cohort, lest you be challenged.
Inflection
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]
Declension of
ḫpš
(masculine)
singular
ḫpš
dual
ḫpšwj
plural
ḫpšw
Alternative forms
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]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of
ḫpš
ḫpš
Descendants
[
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]
Bohairic Coptic:
ϣⲱⲃϣ
(
šōbš
)
Sahidic Coptic:
ϣⲱⲡϣ
(
šōpš
)
Proper noun
[
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]
m
(
astronomy
)
the
Big Dipper
(literally “the Foreleg”)
Synonym:
msḫtjw
Noun
[
edit
]
m
khopesh
Inflection
[
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]
Declension of
ḫpš
(masculine)
singular
ḫpš
dual
ḫpšwj
plural
ḫpšw
References
[
edit
]
Erman, Adolf
,
Grapow, Hermann
(
1926–1961
)
Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache
, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag,
→ISBN
James P[eter] Allen
(
2010
)
Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs
, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
→ISBN
,
page
335
.
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