sfḫw

Egyptian

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Cardinal: sfḫw     Ordinal: sfḫnw     Adverbial: sfḫw zpw     Distributive: sfḫw sfḫw     Fractional: r sfḫw

Etymology 1

Sometimes considered to be cognate with Proto-Semitic *šabʕ-, from a form such as Proto-Afroasiatic *sṗɣ (“seven”). However, the correspondences are problematic and have been challenged.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈsafχaw/ → /ˈsafχaw/ → /ˈsafχə/ → /ˈsaχf/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsafχaw/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsafχaw/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsafχə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsaχf/, with metathesis

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛfɛxuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: sefekhu

Numeral

1. seven

Inflection

Declension of sfḫw

	masculine	feminine
singular	sfḫw	sfḫt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sfḫw  

sfḫw	sfḫw

• 𒉺𒅁𒄩 (šap-ḫa /⁠sapḫa⁠/) (14^th bce cuneiform)

Derived terms

• sfḫ ꜥbw (“an epithet of Seshat”)

 

Descendants

• Coptic:
  • Bohairic Coptic: ϣⲁϣϥ (šašf)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲁϣϥ (sašf)
  • Akhmimic Coptic: ⲥⲁⳉϥ (saxf)
  • Fayyumic Coptic: ϣⲉϣⲃ (šešb)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛfɛxuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: sefekhu

Noun

 m

1. (plural only) offerings

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sfḫw  

sfḫw

Noun

 m

1. (plural only) shit

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 102.
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN