ꜣwt
Egyptian edit
Etymology edit
From ꜣwj (“to be long, to extend (a hand), to give an offering”).
Pronunciation edit
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɑuːt/
- Conventional anglicization: aut
Noun edit
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f
Usage notes edit
By Late Egyptian this word apparently becomes conflated with ꜣw (“length (of space)”).
Alternative forms edit
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣwt
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
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f
Usage notes edit
In Late Egyptian this word is generally reduced to ꜣw, and since the 22nd Dynasty it appears frequently as an object of sfsf (“to present, to offer”), sometimes with the recipient added after n (“to, for”).
Inflection edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣwt
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣwt
Noun edit
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f
- altar [19th Dynasty]
Inflection edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣwt
Noun edit
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Usage notes edit
While this word is sometimes transcribed with a final -j/-y as if it were a nisba, this ending is unattested in the original script.
Alternative forms edit
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣwt
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ꜣwt | ꜣwt | ||||||
With the wrong determinative? Or a separate word meaning ‘wall’? |
Noun edit
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f
Inflection edit
References edit
- Wilson, Penelope (1991) A Lexicographical Study of the Ptolemaic Texts in the Temple of Edfu, Liverpool: University of Liverpool, pages 3–6
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, pages 1–2
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 4.15–4.16, 5.2–5.3, 5.13–5.14