Égept

== Old Irish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos), from Mycenaean Greek *Aiguptos (compare 𐁁𐀓𐀠𐀴𐀍 (a3-ku-pi-ti-jo, “Egyptian”)) (perhaps via Minoan), from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ (literally “The Temple of the ka of Ptah”), initially referring to the prominent temple in the city of Memphis, once capital in the Middle Kingdom. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈeː.ɣʲəpt̪/ (Blasse) [ˈeː.ɣʲept̪] (Griffith) [ˈeː.ɣʲəpt̪] === Proper noun === Égept f Egypt (a country in Africa) ==== Derived terms ==== Égiptacdae Égiptda, Égipta Égiptech ==== Descendants ==== Irish: Éigipt Manx: Eajipt Scottish Gaelic: Èipheit, Èiphit === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Égept”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language