Egyptian

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Egyptian numbers (edit)
70
 ←  6 𓐀
7
8  → 
    Cardinal: sfḫw
    Ordinal: sfḫnw
    Adverbial: sfḫw zpw
    Distributive: sfḫw sfḫw
    Fractional: r sfḫw

Etymology 1

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Sometimes considered to be cognate with Proto-Semitic *šabʕ-, from a form such as Proto-Afroasiatic *sṗɣ (seven).[1] However, the correspondences are problematic and have been challenged.[2]

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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Z1 Z1 Z1 Z1
Z1 Z1 Z1
  1. seven
Inflection
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Alternative forms
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  • 𒉺𒅁𒄩 (šap-ḫa /⁠sapḫa⁠/) (14th bce cuneiform)
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Coptic:
    • Bohairic Coptic: ϣⲁϣϥ (šašf)
    • Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲁϣϥ (sašf)
    • Akhmimic Coptic: ⲥⲁⳉϥ (saxf)
    • Fayyumic Coptic: ϣⲉϣⲃ (šešb)

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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sf
x
wV12
Z2ss

 m

  1. (plural only) offerings
Alternative forms
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Noun

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sf
x W
Aa2

 m

  1. (plural only) shit

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 32, 71
  2. ^ Rubin, Aaron D. (2004) “An Outline of Comparative Egypto-Semitic Morphology” in Egyptian and Semito-Hamitic (Afro-Asiatic) studies: in memoriam W. Vycichl, page 481