sbnw

Egyptian

Etymology

Possibly derived from zbn (“to slide, to tumble”); if so, then presumably the (unattested) original form of sbnw was *zbnw.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛbɛnuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: sebenu

Noun

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1. (literary) a type of fish [Middle Kingdom]

Inflection

Declension of sbnw (masculine)

singular	sbnw
dual	sbnwwj
plural	sbnww

References

• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN