sꜣgꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

Borrowed from Semitic.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

m

an inferior kind of cloth, most likely sackcloth [19th Dynasty]

Inflection

Declension of sꜣgꜣ (masculine)

singular	sꜣgꜣ
dual	sꜣgꜣwj
plural	sꜣgꜣw

Descendants

Probable descendants:

Coptic: ⲥⲟⲕ (sok), ⲥⲁⲕ (sak)

References

Hoch, James E. (1994), “383. *śaqqa”, in Semitic Words in Egyptian Texts of the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period, Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 269
Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926-1961), “śg”, in Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 320.4

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