šꜥy

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaːʕVj/ → /ˈʃaːʕVj/ → /ˈʃaːʕə/ → /ʃoːʕ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaːʕVj/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaːʕVj/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaːʕə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʃoːʕ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ʃɑːiː/
  • Conventional anglicization: shay

Noun

 m

1. sand

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šꜥy  

šꜥ	šꜥj

Descendants

• Coptic: ϣⲱ (šō) (Sahidic, Bohairic)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 419.23–420.9