qnbt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /kɛnbɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: qenbet

Noun

 f

1. council, court
   • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 143–144:

     dwꜣ.tw-nṯr n.k m nwt ḫft ḥr qnbt tꜣ r ḏr.f

     They will thank the god for you in the city in front of the council and the entire land.

Inflection

Declension of qnbt (feminine)

singular	qnbt
dual	qnbtj
plural	qnbwt

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 60.