ṯb-nṯr

Egyptian

Etymology

From ṯb (“calf”) +‎ nṯr (“god”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘calf of the god’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition. The Akkadian and Greek spellings may reflect a form ṯb n nṯr, with an analytic genitive.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˌcabˈnaːcaɾ/ → /ˌtʃabˈnaːtaʔ/ → /tʃəbˈnaːta/ → /tʃəβˈnoːtə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˌcabˈnaːcaɾ/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˌtʃabˈnaːtaʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /tʃəbˈnaːta/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /tʃəβˈnoːtə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɛb nɛt͡ʃɛr/
  • Conventional anglicization: tjeb-netjer

Proper noun

  m./f. topo.

1. Sebennytos, a city in Egypt
2. the twelfth nome of Lower Egypt, of which Sebennytos was the capital

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ṯb-nṯr  

ṯb-nṯr

Descendants

• Bohairic Coptic: ϫⲉⲙⲛⲟⲩϯ (čemnouti)
  • → Arabic: سَمَنُّود (samannūd)
• → Neo-Assyrian: 𒌷𒂟𒉡𒋾 (^URUṣab-nu-ti /⁠ṣabnūti⁠/), 𒍝𒉼𒉡𒌋𒋾 (ṣa-ban-nu-u-ti /⁠ṣabannūti⁠/)
• → Ancient Greek: Σεβέννυτος (Sebénnutos)
  • → Latin: Sebennytus

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 361.1