ꜣbyt

Egyptian

Etymology

ꜣby (“leopard or cheetah, panther”) +‎ -t (feminine ending).

Pronunciation

Noun
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  1. a (female) lithe spotted big cat, including both leopards and cheetahs; female ‘panther’

Inflection

Declension of ꜣbyt (feminine)
singular ꜣbyt
dual ꜣbytj
plural ꜣbywt

Descendants

  • Demotic Egyptian: ꜣby, bꜣ
    • → Ancient Greek: -αβως (-abōs), -εβως (-ebōs)[1]

References

  1. ^ Blasco Torres, Ana Isabel (2017), Representing Foreign Sounds: Greek Transcriptions of Egyptian Anthroponyms from 800 BC to 800 AD, Leuven, Salamanca, page 665
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