šfyt

Egyptian

Etymology

šfj (“to respect”) +‎ -y +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

(reconstructed Late Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ʃəˈfeːʔ/
(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ʃɛfiːt/
- Conventional anglicization: shefyt

Noun

f

respect
majesty
truth [Greco-Roman Period]

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šfyt

w&t

šfyt

šfwt

šft

Descendants

Demotic: šft
- Old Coptic: ϣⲃⲉ (šbe), ϣⲃⲏ (šbē)

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 457.2–459.12
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 265

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