ꜣby-šmꜥ
Egyptian edit
Etymology edit
ꜣby (“lithe spotted big cat”) + šmꜥ (“Upper Egypt”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘panther of Upper Egypt’.
Pronunciation edit
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɑbiː ʃɛmɑː/
- Conventional anglicization: aby-shema
Noun edit
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- leopard, Panthera pardus, usually as a simile for bloodlust or fury
Inflection edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣby-šmꜥ
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ꜣbw-šmꜥt | ||||||||||
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References edit
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 7.12–7.13