psḏw

Egyptian

Egyptian numbers ^(edit)

	90
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Cardinal: psḏw     Ordinal: psḏnw     Adverbial: psḏw zpw     Distributive: psḏw psḏw     Fractional: r psḏw

Etymology

Compare Bidiyo pisiɗaŋ (“seven”).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /piˈsiːcʼaw/ → /piˈsiːtʼaw/ → /pəˈsiːtʼə/ → /pəˈsiːtʼ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /piˈsiːcʼaw/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /piˈsiːtʼaw/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /pəˈsiːtʼə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /pəˈsiːtʼ/; compare the cuneiform transcription 𒉿𒅆𒀉 (PI-ŠI-ID /⁠pišiṭ⁠/)

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /pɛsɛd͡ʒuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: pesedju

Numeral

1. nine

Inflection

Declension of psḏw

	masculine	feminine
singular	psḏw	psḏt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of psḏw  

psḏw

• 𒉿𒅆𒀉 (pi-ši-iṭ /⁠pisiṭ⁠/) (14^th bce cuneiform)

Derived terms

• psḏntyw^?: new moon
• psḏt (“Ennead”)
• psḏt pḏt (“the Nine Bows”)

 

Descendants

• Coptic: ⲯⲓⲧ (psit)

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 102.
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN