ꜣbyt

Egyptian

Etymology

ꜣby (“leopard or cheetah, panther”) +‎ -t (feminine ending).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑbiːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: abyt

Noun

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1. a (female) lithe spotted big cat, including both leopards and cheetahs; female ‘panther’

Inflection

Declension of ꜣbyt (feminine)

singular	ꜣbyt
dual	ꜣbytj
plural	ꜣbywt

Descendants

• Demotic: ꜣby, bꜣ
  • → Ancient Greek: -αβως (-abōs), -εβως (-ebōs)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 7.11