zꜣb

Egyptian

Etymology

Possibly from a form such as Proto-Afroasiatic *ǯiʔib- (“beast of prey”). Compare Hebrew זְאֵב (zǝʾēḇ) and Arabic ذِئْب (ḏiʔb) from Proto-Semitic *ḏiʔb- (“wolf”), as well as Chadic ǯib- “civet”.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈziːʀib/ → /ˈsiːʀib/ → /ˈsiːʔəb/ → /ˈsiːʔəβ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈziːʀib/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsiːʀib/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsiːʔəb/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsiːʔəβ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɑb/
  • Conventional anglicization: zab

Noun

 m

1. jackal

Inflection

Declension of zꜣb (masculine)

singular	zꜣb
dual	zꜣbwj
plural	zꜣbw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zꜣb  

zꜣb	zꜣb	zꜣb	zꜣb

Noun

 m

1. an official title of uncertain rank

Inflection

Declension of zꜣb (masculine)

singular	zꜣb
dual	zꜣbwj
plural	zꜣbw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zꜣb  

zꜣb

References

• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 209
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 293.