ꜥt-sbꜣw

Egyptian

Etymology

From

(ꜥt, “room”) +‎
(sbꜣw, “teaching”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘room of teaching’.

Pronunciation

Noun
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  1. school

Inflection

Declension of ꜥt-sbꜣw (feminine)
singular ꜥt-sbꜣw
dual ꜥtj-sbꜣw
plural ꜥwt-sbꜣw

Descendants

  • Demotic Egyptian: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (ꜥ.t-sbꜣ)

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 58.
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