sfḫw

Egyptian
Egyptian numbers (edit)
70
 ←  6 𓐀
7		 8  → 
    Cardinal: sfḫw
    Ordinal: sfḫnw
    Distributive: sfḫw sfḫw

Etymology 1

From Proto-Afro-Asiatic *sṗɣ (“seven”); cf. Proto-Semitic *šbʿ-.[1]

Pronunciation
 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈsafχaw/ → /ˈsafχaw/ → /ˈsaχf/

Numeral

  1. seven
Inflection
Declension of sfḫw
masculine feminine
singular sfḫw
 sfḫt
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sfḫw  
sfḫw
Derived terms

Pronunciation

Noun


 m

  1. (plural only) offerings
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sfḫw  
sfḫw

Noun

 m

  1. (plural only) shit

References
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.
  • Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
  1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 32, 71
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