ꜣby mḥw

Egyptian

Etymology

ꜣby (“lithe spotted big cat”) +‎ mḥw (“Lower Egypt”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘panther of Lower Egypt’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑbiː mɛħuː/
- Conventional anglicization: aby mehu

Noun

m

cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus

Inflection

Declension of ꜣby mḥw (masculine)

singular	ꜣby mḥw
dual	ꜣbywj mḥw
plural	ꜣbyw mḥw

References

Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 7.14

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