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EGYPTIAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ancient and now extinct language of Egypt under the Pharaohs; written records date back to 3000 BC
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Egyptian" is a kind of...):
Afrasian; Afrasian language; Afro-Asiatic; Afroasiatic; Afroasiatic language; Hamito-Semitic (a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Egyptian"):
Coptic (the liturgical language of the Coptic Church used in Egypt and Ethiopia; written in the Greek alphabet)
Derivation:
Egyptian (of or relating to or characteristic of Egypt or its people or their language)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A native or inhabitant of Egypt
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Egyptian" is a kind of...):
African (a native or inhabitant of Africa)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Egyptian"):
Copt (an Egyptian descended from the ancient Egyptians)
Theban (an Egyptian inhabitant of ancient Thebes)
Cairene (a native or inhabitant of Cairo)
Nubian (a native or inhabitant of Nubia)
Instance hyponyms:
Cleopatra (beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC))
Holonyms ("Egyptian" is a member of...):
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 BC)
Derivation:
Egyptian (of or relating to or characteristic of Egypt or its people or their language)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characteristic of Egypt or its people or their language
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Egypt (a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC)
Derivation:
Egypt (an ancient empire to the west of Israel; centered on the Nile River and ruled by a Pharaoh; figured in many events described in the Old Testament)
Egypt (a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC)
Egyptian (the ancient and now extinct language of Egypt under the Pharaohs; written records date back to 3000 BC)
Egyptian (a native or inhabitant of Egypt)
Context examples:
Ushabti figurines (small carved figurines) were often placed with the deceased in ancient Egyptian tombs to help with responsibilities in the afterlife.
(Egypt Announces Discovery of 3,500-Year-Old Luxor Tomb, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The cessation from writing and studying, the death of Brissenden, and the estrangement from Ruth had made a big hole in his life; and his life refused to be pinned down to good living in cafes and the smoking of Egyptian cigarettes.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
While some ancient Egyptian writers made passing mention of feeding bread and plants to ibises, according to Wasef archaeologists have not yet turned up any hatchery structures.
(Ancient Egyptians collected wild ibis birds for sacrifice, says study, Wikinews)
In September, Egyptian archaeologists announced they had found the tomb of a royal goldsmith whose work was dedicated to the ancient Egyptian god Amun.
(Discovery of Two Tombs Dating Back 3,500 Years Announced in Egypt, VOA)
He said a shaft in the tomb contained mummies belonging to ancient Egyptian people who lived during the 21st and 22nd dynasties.
(Egypt Announces Discovery of 3,500-Year-Old Luxor Tomb, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
If the birds had been domesticated or even heavily farmed, they reasoned, the Egyptian specimens would have shown only a little genetic diversity.
(Ancient Egyptians collected wild ibis birds for sacrifice, says study, Wikinews)
The team collected DNA samples from mummified birds collected from six separate catacombs including sites at Abydos, Saqqara, and Tuna el-Gebel with permission from the Egyptian Ministry of State for Antiquity, and several museums offered to send tissue samples from the mummified ibises in their collections.
(Ancient Egyptians collected wild ibis birds for sacrifice, says study, Wikinews)
Millions of mummified ibis birds have been found in Egyptian tombs and catacombs in Saqqara and Tuna el-Gebel, and Egyptologists have reported they were sacrificed to the god Thoth, who is often depicted with the head of an ibis, the way Horus is shown with the head of a falcon and Bast with the head of a cat.
(Ancient Egyptians collected wild ibis birds for sacrifice, says study, Wikinews)
