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Egyptian
E·gyp·tian E0057400 (ĭ-jĭp′shən)n.1. a. A native or inhabitant of Egypt.b. A person of Egyptian ancestry.2. The now extinct Afro-Asiatic language of the ancient Egyptians.adj.1. Of or relating to Egypt or its people or culture.2. Of or relating to the language of the ancient Egyptians.Egyptian (ɪˈdʒɪpʃən) adj1. (Peoples) of, relating to, or characteristic of Egypt, its inhabitants, or their dialect of Arabic2. (Languages) of, relating to, or characteristic of Egypt, its inhabitants, or their dialect of Arabic3. (Placename) of, relating to, or characteristic of Egypt, its inhabitants, or their dialect of Arabic4. (Peoples) of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient Egyptians, their language, or culture5. (Languages) of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient Egyptians, their language, or culture6. (Historical Terms) of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient Egyptians, their language, or culture7. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (of type) having square slab serifs8. (Peoples) archaic of or relating to the Gypsiesn9. (Peoples) a native or inhabitant of Egypt10. (Peoples) a member of an indigenous non-Semitic people who established an advanced civilization in Egypt that flourished from the late fourth millennium bc11. (Historical Terms) a member of an indigenous non-Semitic people who established an advanced civilization in Egypt that flourished from the late fourth millennium bc12. (Languages) the extinct language of the ancient Egyptians, belonging to the Afro-Asiatic family of languages. It is recorded in hieroglyphic inscriptions, the earliest of which date from before 3000 bc. It was extinct by the fourth century ad. See also Coptic13. (Historical Terms) the extinct language of the ancient Egyptians, belonging to the Afro-Asiatic family of languages. It is recorded in hieroglyphic inscriptions, the earliest of which date from before 3000 bc. It was extinct by the fourth century ad. See also Coptic14. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a large size of drawing paper15. (Peoples) an archaic name for a GypsyE•gyp•tian (ɪˈdʒɪp ʃən)
n. 1. a native or inhabitant of Egypt. 2. the extinct Afroasiatic language of Egypt under the Pharaohs. adj. 3. of or pertaining to ancient or modern Egypt, its people, or their language. [1350–1400] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  Egyptian - a native or inhabitant of Egypt Arab Republic of Egypt, Egypt, United Arab Republic - a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BCAfrican - a native or inhabitant of AfricaCopt - an Egyptian descended from the ancient EgyptiansTheban - an Egyptian inhabitant of ancient ThebesCairene - a native or inhabitant of CairoNubian - a native or inhabitant of Nubia; "Nubians now form an ethnic minority in Egypt" | | 2. | Egyptian - the ancient and now extinct language of Egypt under the Pharaohs; written records date back to 3000 BCAfrasian, Afrasian language, Afroasiatic, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic language, Hamito-Semitic - a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and AfricaCoptic - the liturgical language of the Coptic Church used in Egypt and Ethiopia; written in the Greek alphabet | | Adj. | 1. | Egyptian - of or relating to or characteristic of Egypt or its people or their language |
TranslationsEgyptian → 埃及人zhCN, 埃及的zhCNEgyptian
Egyptian1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Egypt, its inhabitants, or their dialect of Arabic 2. of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient Egyptians, their language, or culture 3. Archaic of or relating to the Gypsies 4. a member of an indigenous non-Semitic people who established an advanced civilization in Egypt that flourished from the late fourth millennium bc 5. the extinct language of the ancient Egyptians, belonging to the Afro-Asiatic family of languages. It is recorded in hieroglyphic inscriptions, the earliest of which date from before 3000 bc. It was extinct by the fourth century ad Egyptian the language of the ancient Egyptians, the inhabitants of the Nile valley. Together with Coptic, which developed from it, Egyptian belongs to the Hamito-Semitic family. A dead language since the fifth century A.D., Egyptian is one of the most ancient cultural languages of the world. The first written records in Egyptian date from the turn of the third millennium B.C.; the latest documents are from the fifth century A.D. Over a period of 35 centuries the language changed considerably. The following periods are distinguished in its development: the Old Egyptian period (30th to 22nd centuries B.C.), the Middle Egyptian period (22nd to 16th centuries B.C.), the Late Egyptian period (16th to eighth centuries B.C.), and the demotic period (eighth century B.C. to the fifth century A.D.). Coptic began to take shape in approximately the third century A.D. The phonetic composition of Egyptian has been comparatively poorly studied: the consonants are known, but the vowels are not, since they were not written. In open syllables the vowels were long; in closed syllables they were short. The stress fell on the last and penultimate syllables. Nouns were of two genders, masculine and feminine, and there were three numbers—singular, dual, and plural. The case forms in Egyptian were not expressed by affixes. The cases were analytical—that is, they were expressed by prepositional groups. Adjectives were qualitative or relative; there were both cardinal and ordinal numerals. Verbs in Egyptian were of three categories—transitive, verbs that could be both transitive and intransitive, and intransitive—and had both active and passive forms. The imperative and subjunctive moods could be distinguished morphologically. There was no category of tense in early Egyptian. Verb forms indicated action or state, momentary or repeated quality of action, brevity, and duration of action. Later, certain forms in Egyptian came to be used more or less systematically to express time periods and gradually came to acquire the meaning of tense. The predicate is the basis for classification of sentences in Egyptian; it is expressed by the verb, as well as by certain other parts of speech. As a result, both verbal and nonverbal sentences existed in Egyptian. REFERENCESKorostovtsev, M. Egipetskii iazyk. Moscow, 1961.
Petrovskii, N. S. Egipetskii iazyk. Leningrad, 1958.
Spiegelberg, W. Demotische Grammatik. Heidelberg, 1925.
Erman, A. Ägyptische Grammatik. Berlin, 1928.
Erman, A. Neuaegyptische Grammatik. Leipzig, 1933.
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Lefebvre, G. Grammaire de l’egyptien classique. Cairo, 1955.
Gardiner, A. Egyptian Grammar. London, 1957.M. A. KOROSTOVTSEV Egyptian
Related to Egyptian: Egyptian architecture, Egyptian religionWords related to Egyptiannoun a native or inhabitant of EgyptRelated Words- Arab Republic of Egypt
- Egypt
- United Arab Republic
- African
- Copt
- Theban
- Cairene
- Nubian
noun the ancient and now extinct language of Egypt under the PharaohsRelated Words- Afrasian
- Afrasian language
- Afroasiatic
- Afro-Asiatic
- Afroasiatic language
- Hamito-Semitic
- Coptic
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