ḥqꜣt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛkɑt/
  • Conventional anglicization: heqat

Etymology 1

ḥqꜣ (“ruler; to rule”) +‎ -t (“feminine ending”).

Noun

 f

1. (female) ruler

Inflection

Declension of ḥqꜣt (feminine)

singular	ḥqꜣt
dual	ḥqꜣtj
plural	ḥqꜣwt

Noun

 f

1. sceptre

Inflection

Declension of ḥqꜣt (feminine)

singular	ḥqꜣt
dual	ḥqꜣtj
plural	ḥqꜣwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥqꜣt  

ḥqꜣt	ḥqꜣt

Noun

 f

1. rulership

Etymology 2

Noun

 f

1. a dry measure of volume equivalent to 10 hnw, or 4.8 litres.

Inflection

Declension of ḥqꜣt (feminine)

singular	ḥqꜣt
dual	ḥqꜣtj
plural	ḥqꜣwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥqꜣt  

ḥqꜣt	ḥqꜣt	ḥqꜣt	ḥqꜣt	ḥqꜣt

Descendants

• → English: heqat

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 106.
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN