ꜣby-mḥw

Egyptian

FWOTD – 24 March 2024

Etymology

From ꜣby (“lithe spotted big cat”) +‎ mḥw (“Lower Egypt”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘panther of Lower Egypt’.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑbiː mɛhuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: aby-mehu

Noun

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1. cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus

Inflection

Declension of ꜣby-mḥw (masculine)

singular	ꜣby-mḥw
dual	ꜣbywj-mḥw
plural	ꜣbyw-mḥw

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 7.14