jwyt

Egyptian

Etymology

jw (“wrongdoing”) +‎ -y +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iuːiːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: iuyt

Noun

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1. wrongdoing
   • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 23:

     jwyt zb(.w) sjw(w) rw.w tꜣ m ḥtpw ẖr nb.f

     Wrongdoing has gone, the Slanderer has departed, and the land is in peace under its lord.

References

• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 243