bjk

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(reconstructed Old Egyptian) /ˈbaːjVk/^[1], where V represents an unknown short vowel.

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /bik/
- Conventional anglicization: bik

Noun

m

falcon
- 13th-14th Dynasty, The Story of Sinuhe, Papyrus Berlin 10499:
  
  bjk ꜥẖ.f ḥnꜥ šmsw.f nn rḏjt rḫ st mšꜥ.f
  The falcon flew off together with his retinue without letting his army know about it.

Inflection

Declension of bjk (masculine)

singular	bjk
dual	bjkwj
plural	bjkw

Descendants

Demotic: bk
- Coptic: ⲃⲏϭ (bēc)

References

↑ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN

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