št

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Egyptian numbers ^(edit)

		1,000
←  10	←  90	𓍢 100	200  →	1,000  →
		10
Cardinal: št     Ordinal: mḥ-št

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ʃit/ → /ʃiʔ/ → /ʃeʔ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʃit/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʃiʔ/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʃeʔ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ʃɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: shet

Numeral

1. one hundred

Inflection

Declension of št

	masculine	feminine
singular	—	št

Descendants

• Coptic: ϣⲉ (še)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ʃɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: shet

Noun

 f

1. calculation and collection of tax

Inflection

Declension of št (feminine)

singular	št
dual	štj
plural	šwt

Derived terms

• ꜥꜣ n št (“tax-collector”)

Noun

 f

1. (collective noun) A group of taxpayers

Inflection

Declension of št (feminine)

singular	št
dual	štj
plural	šwt

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN