sbꜣyt

Egyptian

Etymology

From sbꜣ (“to teach”).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /sabˈʀaːjaʔ/ → /səˈbaːʔə/ → /səˈβoːʔ/

• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /sabˈʀaːjaʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /səˈbaːʔə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /səˈβoːʔ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛbɑiːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: sebayt

Noun

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1. instruction, teaching [since Middle Kingdom literature]

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sbꜣyt  

sbꜣyt

Descendants

• Demotic: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (sbꜣ.t)
  • Akhmimic Coptic: ⲥⲃⲟⲩ (sbou)
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲥⲃⲱ (sbō)
  • Fayyumic Coptic: ⲥⲃⲱ (sbō)
  • Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲥⲃⲱ (sbō), ⲥⲃⲟⲩ (sbou)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲃⲱ (sbō)

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 262–263.