Egypt
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- Ægypt (archaic)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French Egypte, from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos), from Mycenaean Greek *aikupitos (see also 𐁁𐀓𐀠𐀴𐀍 (ai-ku-pi-ti-jo, “Egyptian”)), from Egyptian ḥwt kꜣ ptḥ (literally, 'The temple of the ka of Ptah', referring to Ptah's temple in the important city of Memphis), whose Late Egyptian pronunciation is reflected by Akkadian [script needed] (ḫikuptaḫ).
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Egypt
- A country in North Africa. Official name: Arab Republic of Egypt.
- (historical) A civilization based around the river Nile, on its lower reaches nearer the Mediterranean.
Synonyms[edit]
- (modern country): Arab Republic of Egypt
- (civilization): Ancient Egypt, Egyptian civilization
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
country in North Africa
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Czech[edit]
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Audio (file)
Proper noun[edit]
Egypt m
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Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Egypt
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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Egypt
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Slovak[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos), from Mycenaean Greek *aikupitos (*-a-i-k-u-p-i-t-o-s) (nb. 𐁁𐀓𐀠𐀴𐀍 (ai-ku-pi-ti-jo, “Egyptian”)), from Egyptian ḥwt kꜣ ptḥ, whose Late Egyptian pronunciation is reflected by Akkadian [script needed] (ḫikuptaḫ).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Egypt m (genitive Egypta, Egyptu) declension pattern dub
Declension[edit]
Declension of Egypt
Derived terms[edit]
- Egypťan m, Egypťanka f
- egyptský
- egyptčina f
- Horný Egypt m, Dolný Egypt m
References[edit]
- Egypt in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
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