Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (Reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ziːʀ/^[1]
• (Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɑː/

Noun

1. son [since the Pyramid texts]
   • The Stela of Inhuretnakht, British Museum, Egyptian Antiquities 1783

     irt.n n=f s3=f smsw=f mr(y)=f dbi

     What his eldest beloved son Debi made for him.

2. (rare) male child of an animal [18th dynasty]
3. the succeeding decan after some decan

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[since the Pyramid texts]	[since the Old Kingdom]	[since the Old Kingdom]	[since the Middle Kingdom]	[since the 18th dynasty]	[since the 18th dynasty]	[since the New Kingdom]

Derived terms

Descendants

• Coptic: [script needed] ‎(si)
• Akkadian: -sija- in [script needed] ‎(har-sija-ēšu, “Horus, son of Isis”)
• Ancient Greek: -σι- in Αρσιησις ‎(Arsiēsis, “Horus, son of Isis”)
• Ancient Greek: Σι- in Σισρω ‎(Sisrō, “the thirtieth decan”)
• Ancient Greek: Σι- in Σισεσμε ‎(Sisesme, “the twenty-fourth decan”)
• Ancient Greek: Σι- in Σικετ ‎(Siket, “the second decan”)

Etymology 2

Noun

1. protection [since the Pyramid Texts]
2. a magic spell
3. an amulet

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[since the Middle Kingdom]	[since the Middle Kingdom]	[Middle Kingdom]	[since the New Kingdom]	[since the New Kingdom]

Etymology 3

Noun

1. one eighth of an arura

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[Late Period]

Etymology 4

Noun

1. (medicine) a product of an inflammation

Etymology 5

Noun

1. (medicine) a type of ulcer

Etymology 6

Proper noun

1. a personification of a body of water [Late Period]

Etymology 7

Verb

1. to fend off [Pyramid Texts]

Etymology 8

Possibly related to s3w.

Verb

1. (with r) to go after [since the Pyramid Texts]
2. (with ḫr) to go under someone

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[Pyramid Texts]	[Pyramid Texts]

Etymology 9

Noun

1. the object depicted in the hieroglyph, a type of shepherd’s mat

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[Old Kingdom]

Etymology 10

Noun

1. guard
2. troop of soldiers
3. a association of people in some particular occupation
4. group, division; rendered as φυλή ‎(phulḗ) in Greek

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[Old Kingdom]	[Old Kingdom]	[since the Middle Kingdom]	[Middle Kingdom]	[Middle Kingdom]

Etymology 11

Noun

1. Used in reference to cattle. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
   1. A herd
   2. A barrier

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Etymology 12

Noun

1. a title [18th dynasty]

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Etymology 13

Noun

1. a type of field

Etymology 14

Noun

1. The object depicted in the hieroglyph . The meaning of this term is uncertain.

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[Late Period]

Etymology 15

Verb

1. (with n) to greet someone [since the Pyramid Texts]

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References

1. ↑ 1995, Antonio Loprieno, Ancient Egyptian: A linguistic introduction, ISBN 0-521-44384-9

• Erman and Grapow, Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache