šꜥt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (noun meaning ‘scroll’): (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈʃiːʕVt/ → /ˈʃiːʕVʔ/ → /ˈʃeːʕa/ → /ˈʃeːʕə/

• (noun meaning ‘scroll’): (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʃiːʕVt/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (noun meaning ‘scroll’): (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʃiːʕVʔ/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (noun meaning ‘scroll’): (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʃeːʕa/; compare the Akkadian transcription in Middle Babylonian [script needed] (ši-ḫa)
• (noun meaning ‘scroll’): (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʃeːʕə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ʃɑːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: shat

Etymology 1

šꜥ (“to cut off”) +‎ -t.

Noun

 f

1. slaughter
2. wounding
3. terror
4. ill, misfortune

Inflection

Declension of šꜥt (feminine)

singular	šꜥt
dual	šꜥtj
plural	šꜥwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šꜥt  

šꜥt	št	šꜥt	šꜥt

Derived terms

• ẖr šꜥt

Noun

 f

1. knife

Inflection

Declension of šꜥt (feminine)

singular	šꜥt
dual	šꜥtj
plural	šꜥwt

Etymology 2

Noun

 f

1. papyrus scroll or book

Inflection

Declension of šꜥt (feminine)

singular	šꜥt
dual	šꜥtj
plural	šꜥwt

Derived terms

• zẖꜣw šꜥt

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[2], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 416.11–417.7, 418.10–419.19
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 262
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 218.