sḫtj

Egyptian

Etymology 1

sḫt (“field”) +‎ -j.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛxti/
  • Conventional anglicization: sekhti

Noun

 m

1. farmer, peasant

Inflection

Declension of sḫtj (masculine)

singular	sḫtj
dual	sḫtjwj
plural	sḫtjw

Etymology 2

sḫt (“to weave, to trap”) +‎ -j.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈsiχtVj/, /ˈsuχtVj/ → /ˈsiχtVj/, /ˈsuχtVj/ → /ˈseχtə/, /ˈsuχtə/ → /seχt/, /søχt/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsiχtVj/, /ˈsuχtVj/ (exact quality of the first vowel uncertain)

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsiχtVj/, /ˈsuχtVj/ (exact quality of the first vowel uncertain)

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈseχtə/, /ˈsuχtə/ (exact quality of the first vowel uncertain)
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /seχt/, /søχt/ (exact quality of the first vowel uncertain)

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛxti/
  • Conventional anglicization: sekhti

Noun

 m

1. weaver

Inflection

Declension of sḫtj (masculine)

singular	sḫtj
dual	sḫtjwj
plural	sḫtjw

Descendants

• Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲁϩⲧ (saht), ⲥⲁϣⲧ (sašt)

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 60, 74, 99, 112, 180, 196, 231, 236, 253, 388.
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 264.2, 264.12