šps

See also: sps, Sps, SPs, SPS, and s.p.s.

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ʃɛpɛs/
  • Conventional anglicization: shepes

Adjective

1. perfective active participle of špsj: noble, august

Inflection

Declension of šps (perfective active participle)

	masculine	feminine
singular	šps	špst
dual	špswj	špstj
plural	špsw	špswt1, špst2
Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun. From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural. In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.

Alternative forms

See under the main verb.

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 274, 280.