zp

See also: ZP

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɛp/
  • Conventional anglicization: zep

Noun

 m

1. time, occurrence, instance
2. matter, business, affair
3. cause, motive
4. fault, misdeed
   • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 22:

     jr(w) ḏwt r šd-ḫrw wd qn zp.f spr(.w) r.f

     Evil has been done to the Disturber (Set), he who committed violence; his misdeed has caught up with him.

5. medicinal concoction

Inflection

Declension of zp (masculine)

singular	zp
dual	zpwj
plural	zpw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zp  

zp

Derived terms

• mjnj zp
• m zp
• zpwj snwj

 

Related terms

• zpj

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 104, 239, 311.
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 84