ḫt

See also: ẖt, ht, ␉, HT, hT, .ht, ht., and h/t

Egyptian edit

Pronunciation edit

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: khet

Etymology 1 edit

From earlier jḫt,

.

Noun edit

f m

(feminine) thing, goods, possession, property
(usually masculine) something, anything
(feminine) food, meal

Inflection edit

Declension of ḫt (feminine)

singular	jḫt
dual	jḫtj
plural	jḫwt

Declension of ḫt (masculine)

singular	jḫt
dual	jḫtwj
plural	jḫtw

Alternative forms edit

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫt

ḫt

jḫt

ḫt

jḫt

ꜣḫt

št

ḫt

jšt

[Old Kingdom]

[New Kingdom]

[Greco-Roman Period]

Only in sense “meal”

Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /χit/ → /χiʔ/ → /χeʔ/ → /χeʔ/

Noun edit

m

wood
tree
- c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 59–60:
  
  ḫtw ḥr gmgm tꜣ ḥr mnmn
  Trees were breaking, the ground was quaking.
(plural only) timbers
stick, staff, pole, rod
mast
a rod, a measure of length equivalent to 100 mḥw, or 52.5 metres. In full ḫt n nwḥ.

Inflection edit

Declension of ḫt (masculine)

singular	ḫt
dual	ḫtwj
plural	ḫtw

Alternative forms edit

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫt

ḫt

Derived terms edit

ꜥt nt ḫt (“orchard”)
r ḫt (“by the authority of”)
ḫtj (“carve”)
ḫtyw^? (“platform”)
ḫtwt (“furniture”)
ḫt n ꜥnḫ (“tree of life”)
ḫt n šnj

Descendants edit

Akhmimic Coptic: ⳉⲉ (xe)
Bohairic Coptic: ϣⲉ (še)
Fayyumic Coptic: ϣⲉ (še), ϣⲏ (šē)
Lycopolitan Coptic: ϣⲉ (še)
Old Coptic: ϣⲉ (še)
Sahidic Coptic: ϣⲉ (še), ϣⲏ (šē), ϣⲓ (ši)

Etymology 3 edit

Preposition edit

throughout

Derived terms edit

jmj ḫt (“those who follow after, posterity”)
m ḫt (“after, as a result of, the future”)
ḫtjw tꜣ (“peasants”)
ḫtw (“labourers”)
ḫtḫt (“through”)

Etymology 4 edit

Noun edit

f

fire
- c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 54–56:
  
  šdt.j ḏꜣ sḫpr.n.j ḫt jr.n.j zj n sḏt n nṯrw
  I took a fire-stick, I made a fire, and I made a burnt offering to the gods.^[1]

Inflection edit

Declension of ḫt (feminine)

singular	ḫt
dual	ḫtj
plural	ḫwt

Synonyms edit

sḏt
nsrt

References edit

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 38, 48, 83, 89, 105, 457.
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

^ The verb form of the first clause is questionable. It looks like a ‘narrative’ infinitive, but this would be expected toward the beginning of a section or chapter of narrative, not in the middle, unrubricated. Other possible interpretations include a perfective relative form in a nominal sentence (not likely because an inalienable subject would be expected), a misreading by the scribe of šd.n.j, or an infinitive continuing the previous sentence rather than starting a new one: rdj.n.j r tꜣ n wr ḥr ꜥwj.j šdt.j ḏꜣ sḫpr.n.j ḫt (“… I put (some) on the ground because of the great amount on my arms and (because of) my taking of a fire-stick. I made a fire …”).

[1] The verb form of the first clause is questionable. It looks like a ‘narrative’ infinitive, but this would be expected toward the beginning of a section or chapter of narrative, not in the middle, unrubricated. Other possible interpretations include a perfective relative form in a nominal sentence (not likely because an inalienable subject would be expected), a misreading by the scribe of šd.n.j, or an infinitive continuing the previous sentence rather than starting a new one: rdj.n.j r tꜣ n wr ḥr ꜥwj.j šdt.j ḏꜣ sḫpr.n.j ḫt (“… I put (some) on the ground because of the great amount on my arms and (because of) my taking of a fire-stick. I made a fire …”).

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