nbt

Egyptian

Etymology 1

nb (“lord”) +‎ -t (feminine ending).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈniːbat/ → /ˈniːbaʔ/ → /ˈniːba/ → /ˈniːβə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈniːbat/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈniːbaʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈniːba/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈniːβə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛbɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: nebet

Noun

 f

1. mistress, lady (woman with authority over something)
2. (female) owner, possessor

Inflection

Declension of nbt (feminine)

singular	nbt
dual	nbtj
plural	nbwt

Derived terms

• nbt-pr
• nbt-ḥwt
• nbt-sḫm
• nbt-tꜣ

 

Descendants

• Demotic: (nb)

Proper noun

 f

1. a female given name, Nebet

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nbt  

nbt

[Old Kingdom]

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛbɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: nebet

Noun

 f

1. basket

Inflection

Declension of nbt (feminine)

singular	nbt
dual	nbtj
plural	nbwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nbt  

nbt

abbreviation

Synonyms

• ꜥꜣnbpꜣjr
• mnḏm

Etymology 3

From nbw (“gold”) +‎ -t.

Proper noun

 f

1. Ombos (ancient Egyptian city; modern Naqada)
2. Ombos (ancient Egyptian city; modern Kom Ombo)

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nbt  

nbyt

Derived terms

• nbtj (“One from Ombos, epithet of Seth”)

Descendants

• Coptic: ⲉⲙⲃⲱ (embō)
  • → Ancient Greek: Ὄμβος (Ómbos)
    • → Latin: Ombos

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 227.1, 232.4–232.16
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 128
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 48, 62, 233, 276, 361.
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 42
• Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen‎^[2], volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 187.17