spt

Egyptian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Afroasiatic *śapat (“lips”); compare Hebrew שָׂפָה (śāp̄ā), Arabic شَفَة (šafa), Aramaic ספתא, Classical Syriac ܣܦܬܐ.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈsaːpat/ → /ˈsaːpaʔ/ → /ˈsoːpə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsaːpat/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsaːpaʔ/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsoːpə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛpɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: sepet

Noun

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1. (chiefly in the dual) lip
2. edge, shore
3. horizon

Inflection

Declension of spt (feminine)

singular	spt
dual	sptj
plural	spwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of spt  

spt	spt	spt	sptj
			dual

Descendants

• Demotic: spy, sby
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲥⲱⲡⲓ (sōpi)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲱⲡⲉ (sōpe), ⲥⲱⲃⲉ (sōbe)

Etymology 2

Verb

1. infinitive of spj

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 277.