grgt

Egyptian

FWOTD – 23 August 2020

Etymology

grg (“to establish, to equip”) +‎ -t. For the specific meaning, compare grg pr (“to found a household, to get married”).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /kʼaˈɾuːkʼVt/ → /kʼaˈɾuːkʼVʔ/ → /kʼəˈɾuːkʼa/ → /kʼəˈɾeːkʼə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /kʼaˈɾuːkʼVt/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /kʼaˈɾuːkʼVʔ/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /kʼəˈɾuːkʼa/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /kʼəˈɾeːkʼə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɡɛrɡɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: gerget

Noun

 f

1. dowry

Inflection

Declension of grgt (feminine)

singular	grgt
dual	grgtj
plural	grgwt

Descendants

• Demotic: grgt
  • Bohairic Coptic: ϭⲣⲏϫⲓ (crēči)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ϭⲣⲏϭⲉ (crēce)

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 337