A pigment made from calcium copper tetrasilicate (“CaCuSi₄O₁₀”), the first artificial pigment, a blue, used by Egyptians for over 3 millennia, before dying out during the Roman Empire; one of the few alternates to lapis lazuli during ancient times.

(humorous) The condition of pregnancy.

the Afroasiatic language spoken and written in Ancient Egypt

plural of Egyptian pea

plural of Egyptian cobra

(linguistics, history) The phase of the Egyptian language characterized by a relatively synthetic typology, including Archaic Egyptian, Old Egyptian, Middle Egyptian, Late Middle Egyptian, and Neo-Middle Egyptian, and contrasted against Later Egyptian.

(linguistics, history) The phase of the Egyptian language characterized by a relatively analytic typology, including Medio-Late Egyptian, Late Egyptian, Demotic, and Coptic, and contrasted against Earlier Egyptian.

(linguistics, history) The Egyptian language as written and spoken during the Early Dynastic Period, before the time of the earliest attested complete sentences.

(linguistics, history) Middle Egyptian, sometimes also including Old Egyptian

(linguistics, history) Synonym of Neo-Middle Egyptian