šꜥt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ʃɑːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: shat

Etymology 1

šꜥ (“to cut off”) +‎ -t.

Noun

 f

1. slaughter
2. wounding
3. terror
4. ill, misfortune

Inflection

Declension of šꜥt (feminine)

singular	šꜥt
dual	šꜥtj
plural	šꜥwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šꜥt  

šꜥt	št	šꜥt	šꜥt

Derived terms

• ẖr šꜥt

Noun

 f

1. knife

Inflection

Declension of šꜥt (feminine)

singular	šꜥt
dual	šꜥtj
plural	šꜥwt

Etymology 2

Noun

 f

1. papyrus scroll or book

Inflection

Declension of šꜥt (feminine)

singular	šꜥt
dual	šꜥtj
plural	šꜥwt

Derived terms

• zẖꜣw šꜥt

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 416.11–417.7, 418.10–419.19
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 262
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 218.