qꜣbt

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈqʼiʀbVt/ → /ˈqʼiʀbVʔ/ → /ˈqʼiːba/ → /ˈqʼiːβə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈqʼiʀbVt/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈqʼiʀbVʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈqʼiːba/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈqʼiːβə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /kɑbɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: qabet

Noun

 f

1. chest, breast [since Middle Kingdom]

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of qꜣbt  

qbyt

Descendants

• Sahidic Coptic: ⲕⲓⲃⲉ (kibe), ⲕⲓⲃⲉ (kibe), ⲕⲓⲉⲃⲉ (kiebe)
• Bohairic Coptic: ⲕⲓϥⲓ (kifi)
• Akhmimic Coptic: ⲕⲉⲓⲃⲉ (keibe), ⲕⲓⲃⲉ (kibe)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ⲉⲕⲓⲃⲓ (ekibi)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /kɑbɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: qabet

Noun

 f

1. part of the leg^? [since the Pyramid Texts]

Inflection

Declension of qꜣbt (feminine)

singular	qꜣbt
dual	qꜣbtj
plural	qꜣbwt

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /kɑbɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: qabet

Noun

 f

1. crown, parting

Inflection

Declension of qꜣbt (feminine)

singular	qꜣbt
dual	qꜣbtj
plural	qꜣbwt

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 11