ꜣby

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Noun

 m

  1. a lithe spotted big cat, including both leopards and cheetahs; ‘panther’ [since the 18th Dynasty].

Usage notes

This word displaced earlier bꜣ (“leopard or cheetah, ‘panther’”).

Inflection
Declension of ꜣby (masculine)
singular

ꜣby
dual


ꜣbywj
plural


ꜣbyw

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣby  
ꜣby ꜣby ꜣb ꜣby
[New Kingdom]

Derived terms

References
  • Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 2
  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 7.11–7.14
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