ṯb-nṯr
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Egyptian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
ṯb (“calf”) + nṯr (“god”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘calf of the god’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition. The Akkadian and Greek spellings may reflect ṯb n nṯr with an analytic genitive.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˌcabˈnaːcaɾ/ → /ˌtʃabˈnaːtaʔ/ → /tʃəbˈnaːta/ → /tʃəβˈnoːtə/[1]
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɛb nɛt͡ʃɛr/
- Conventional anglicization: tjeb-netjer
Proper noun[edit]
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m./f. topo.
- Sebennytos, a city in Egypt
- the twelfth nome of Lower Egypt, of which Sebennytos was the capital
Alternative forms[edit]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ṯb-nṯr
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| ṯb-nṯr |
Descendants[edit]
- → Akkadian: 𒌷𒂟𒉡𒋾 (URUṣab-nu-ti /ṣabnūti/),[2] 𒍝𒉼𒉡𒌋𒋾 (ṣa-ban-nu-u-ti /ṣabannūti/)
- → Ancient Greek: Σεβέννυτος (Sebénnutos)
- → Latin: Sebennytus
- Bohairic Coptic: ϫⲉⲙⲛⲟⲩϯ (čemnouti)
- → Arabic: سَمَنُّود (samannūd)
References[edit]
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 361.1
- ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 34
- ^ Neo-Assyrian dialect, RINAP Ashurbanipal 011, l. 98