ꜥt sbꜣw

Egyptian

Etymology

From

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

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑːt sɛbɑuː/
- Conventional anglicization: at sebau

Noun

f

school

Inflection

Declension of ꜥt sbꜣw (feminine)

singular	ꜥt sbꜣw
dual	ꜥtj sbꜣw
plural	ꜥwt sbꜣw

Descendants

Demotic: ꜥt sbꜣ
- Coptic: ⲁⲛⲥⲏⲃⲉ (ansēbe) – Sahidic, ⲁⲛⲍⲏⲃ (anzēb) – Bohairic

References

Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN

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