spdt

Egyptian

Etymology 1

From spd (“to be sharp”) +‎ -t (feminine suffix).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛpɛdɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: sepedet

Noun

 f

1. effectiveness

Noun

 f

1. triangle

Inflection

Declension of spdt (feminine)

singular	spdt
dual	spdtj
plural	spdwt

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈsaptʼat/ → /ˈsaptʼaʔ/ → /ˈsaptʼə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsaptʼat/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsaptʼaʔ/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsaptʼə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛpdɛt/, /sopdɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: sepdet, sopdet

Proper noun

 f

1. (astronomy) Sirius, A bluish-white star in the constellation Canis Major; Alpha (α) Canis Majoris. A vertex of the Winter Triangle and the brightest star in the night sky.
2. Sothis, the divine personification of Sirius

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of spdt  

spdt	spdt

Derived terms

• prt spdt

Descendants

• Ancient Greek: Σῶθις (Sôthis)

References

• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN