Egyptaland
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse Egiptaland; first part from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos) (already found in the Mycenaean Greek ethnonym 𐁁𐀓𐀠𐀴𐀍 (ai-ku-pi-ti-jo, “Egyptian”)), from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ (literally “The temple of the ka of Ptah”), referring to Ptah’s temple in the important city of Memphis, whose Late Egyptian pronunciation is reflected by Akkadian 𒄭𒆪𒌒𒋫𒀪 (ḫikuptaḫ).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Egyptaland n
- Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)
Declension edit
n8 -land | Singular |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Egyptaland |
Accusative | |
Dative | Egyptalandi |
Genitive | Egyptalands |
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse Egiptaland; first part from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos) (already found in the Mycenaean Greek ethnonym 𐁁𐀓𐀠𐀴𐀍 (ai-ku-pi-ti-jo, “Egyptian”)), from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ (literally “The temple of the ka of Ptah”), referring to Ptah’s temple in the important city of Memphis, whose Late Egyptian pronunciation is reflected by Akkadian 𒄭𒆪𒌒𒋫𒀪 (ḫikuptaḫ).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Egyptaland n
- Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)
Declension edit
n-s | singular | |
---|---|---|
indefinite | ||
nominative | Egyptaland | |
accusative | Egyptaland | |
dative | Egyptalandi | |
genitive | Egyptalands |