sjꜣt

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) + jꜣṯ (to be injured); despite the derivation from jꜣṯ, it appears the expected form *sjꜣṯ is unattested.

Pronunciation

Verb

siAt
bH
rd

 caus. 3-lit.

  1. (transitive, of measures of barley or fields) to cut short
    • c. 1478-1397 BCE, Book of the Dead of Nu, chapter 125, line 13 (pLondon British Museum EA10477):
      D35siA&tD57A1AHt
      N23
      Z3
      nj sjꜣt.j ꜣḥwt
      I have not downsized the fields.
  2. (transitive, of people) to mutilate

Inflection

Alternative forms

References

  • Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 257
  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926-1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 32.1–32.4
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