gꜣbt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈkʼaʀbat/ → /ˈkʼaʀbaʔ/ → /ˈkʼaːba/ → /ˈkʼoːβə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈkʼaʀbat/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈkʼaʀbaʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈkʼaːba/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈkʼoːβə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɡɑbɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: gabet

Noun

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1. leaf (of a plant)

Inflection

Declension of gꜣbt (feminine)

singular	gꜣbt
dual	gꜣbtj
plural	gꜣbwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of gꜣbt  

gbt

Descendants

• Akhmimic Coptic: ϭⲱⲃⲉ (cōbe)
• Bohairic Coptic: ϫⲱⲃⲓ (čōbi)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ϭⲱⲃⲓ (cōbi)
• Sahidic Coptic: ϭⲱⲱⲃⲉ (cōōbe)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 154.7–154.10