ꜣwt
Egyptian
editEtymology
editFrom ꜣwj (“to be long, to extend (a hand), to give an offering”).
Pronunciation
edit- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɑuːt/
- Conventional anglicization: aut
Noun
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f
Usage notes
editBy Late Egyptian this word apparently becomes conflated with ꜣw (“length (of space)”).
Alternative forms
editAlternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣwt
Derived terms
editNoun
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f
Usage notes
editIn 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
editAlternative forms
editAlternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣwt
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣwt
Noun
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f
- altar [19th Dynasty]
Inflection
editAlternative forms
editAlternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣwt
Noun
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Usage notes
editWhile 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
editAlternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣwt
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With the wrong determinative? Or a separate word meaning ‘wall’? |
Noun
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f
Inflection
editReferences
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