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Contents
1
Egyptian
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Pronunciation
1.3
Noun
1.3.1
Inflection
1.3.2
Alternative forms
1.3.3
Derived terms
1.3.4
Descendants
1.4
References
Egyptian
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]
Etymology
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]
šps
(
“
nobleman
”
)
+
-t
(
feminine ending
)
.
Pronunciation
[
edit
]
(
reconstructed
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˈʃipsat/
→
/ˈʃipsaʔ/
→
/ˈʃepsa/
→
/ˈʃepsə/
(
Old Egyptian
, c. 2500
BCE
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˈʃipsat/
(
Middle Egyptian
, c. 1700
BCE
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˈʃipsaʔ/
(
Amarna-period Late Egyptian
, c. 1350
BCE
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˈʃepsa/
(
latest Late Egyptian
, c. 800
BCE
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˈʃepsə/
(
modern Egyptological
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ʃɛpsɛt/
Conventional anglicization:
shepset
Noun
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]
f
noblewoman
[since the Old Kingdom]
Inflection
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]
Declension of
špst
(feminine)
singular
špst
dual
špstj
plural
špswt
Alternative forms
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]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of
špst
špst
šps
špst
[Old Kingdom]
[Old Kingdom]
[Middle Kingdom]
Derived terms
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]
ḥꜣt-špswt
Descendants
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]
Old Coptic:
ϭⲁⲡϭⲓ
(
capci
)
Old Coptic:
ϣⲁⲡϣⲓ
(
šapši
)
References
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]
James P[eter] Allen
(
2010
)
Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs
, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
→ISBN
,
pages
115, 132
.
Erman, Adolf
,
Grapow, Hermann
(
1926–1961
)
Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache
, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag,
→ISBN
Categories
:
Egyptian terms suffixed with -t
Egyptian terms with IPA pronunciation
Egyptian lemmas
Egyptian nouns
Egyptian feminine nouns
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