sqd

Egyptian

Etymology

From sqdj (“to travel by boat”).

Pronunciation

Noun
sqddA30A1

 m

  1. sailor
    • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 119–121:
      iwd
      p      		 t
      P1      		 riiit
      D54      		 mXn
      n      		 nwwprsqddA30A1
      Z2      		 imsr
      x      		 Y2
      n      		 k
      jw dpt r jjt m ẖnw sqdw jm.s rḫ.n.k
      A boat is to come from home with sailors in it whom you know.

Inflection
Declension of sqd (masculine)
singular sqd
dual sqdwj
plural sqdw

References
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 252.
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