ḏbꜣt

Egyptian

Etymology

ḏbꜣ +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɛbɑt/
  • Conventional anglicization: djebat

Noun

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1. sarcophagus (in general) [Middle Kingdom literature]
2. specifically, the stone outer sarcophagus (in contrast to the inner sarcophagus)
3. shrine of a god [Late Period to Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection

Declension of ḏbꜣt (feminine)

singular	ḏbꜣt
dual	ḏbꜣtj
plural	ḏbꜣwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḏbꜣt  

dbt

[New Kingdom]

Descendants

• Akhmimic Coptic: ⲧⲉⲉⲃⲉ (teebe)
• Bohairic Coptic: ⲧⲁⲓⲃⲓ (taibi), ⲧⲱⲃⲓ (tōbi), ⲑⲏⲃⲓ (thēbi), ⲑⲉⲃⲓ (thebi)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ⲧⲉⲃⲉ (tebe)
• Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲧⲱⲃⲉ (tōbe)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲧⲁⲓⲃⲉ (taibe), ⲧⲏⲏⲃⲉ (tēēbe), ⲧⲏⲃⲉ (tēbe), ⲧⲉⲃⲓ (tebi)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 561.8–561.12
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 321