sqd

Egyptian

Etymology

From sqdj (“to travel by boat”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛkɛd/
  • Conventional anglicization: seqed

Noun

 m

1. sailor
   • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 119–121:

     jw dpt r jjt m ẖnw sqdw jm.s rḫ.n.k

     A boat is to come from home with sailors in it whom you know.

Inflection

Declension of sqd (masculine)

singular	sqd
dual	sqdwj
plural	sqdw

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 252.