Egyptaland
Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse Egiptaland; first part from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos) (already found in the Mycenaean Greek ethnonym 𐁁𐀓𐀠𐀴𐀍 (a3-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 𒄭𒆪𒌒𒋫𒀪 (ḫikuptaḫ).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Egyptaland n
- Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)
Declension
[edit]singular | |
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indefinite | |
nominative | Egyptaland |
accusative | Egyptaland |
dative | Egyptalandi |
genitive | Egyptalands |
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse Egiptaland; first part from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos) (already found in the Mycenaean Greek ethnonym 𐁁𐀓𐀠𐀴𐀍 (a3-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 𒄭𒆪𒌒𒋫𒀪 (ḫikuptaḫ).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Egyptaland n (proper noun, genitive singular Egyptalands)
- Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)
Declension
[edit]indefinite singular | |
---|---|
nominative | Egyptaland |
accusative | Egyptaland |
dative | Egyptalandi |
genitive | Egyptalands |
- Faroese terms inherited from Old Norse
- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
- Faroese terms derived from Latin
- Faroese terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Faroese terms derived from Egyptian
- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese neuter nouns
- fo:Egypt
- fo:Countries in Africa
- fo:Countries
- fo:Countries in Asia
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Latin
- Icelandic terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Icelandic terms derived from Egyptian
- Icelandic 4-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ant
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic proper nouns
- Icelandic uncountable nouns
- Icelandic neuter nouns
- is:Egypt
- is:Countries in Africa
- is:Countries
- is:Countries in Asia