spdt

Egyptian

Etymology 1

From spd (“to be sharp”) +‎ -t (feminine suffix).

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛpɛdɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: sepedet

Noun

f

effectiveness

Noun

f

M44

triangle

Inflection

Declension of spdt (feminine)

singular	spdt
dual	spdtj
plural	spdwt

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈsaptʼat/ → /ˈsaptʼaʔ/ → /ˈsaptʼə/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛpdɛt/, /sopdɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: sepdet, sopdet

Proper noun

f

(astronomy) Sirius, A bluish-white star in the constellation Canis Major; Alpha (α) Canis Majoris. A vertex of the Winter Triangle and the brightest star in the night sky.
Sothis, the divine personification of Sirius

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of spdt

M44

M44

N14

spdt

spdt

Derived terms

prt spdt

Descendants

Ancient Greek: Σῶθις (Sôthis)

References

Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN

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