wḫt

See also: wht

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /waˈχuːʀat/ → /waˈχuːʀaʔ/ → /wəˈχuːʔa/ → /wəˈχeːʔə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /waˈχuːʀat/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /waˈχuːʀaʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /wəˈχuːʔa/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /wəˈχeːʔə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛxɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: wekhet

Noun

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1. darkness

Inflection

Declension of wḫt (feminine)

singular	wḫt
dual	wḫtj
plural	wḫwt

Descendants

• Demotic: wḫ
  • Akhmimic Coptic: ⲟⲩⳉⲓ (ouxi)
  • Fayyumic Coptic: ⲟⲩϣⲏ (oušē), ⲟⲩϣⲓ (ouši)
  • Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲟⲩϣⲏ (oušē)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲟⲩϣⲏ (oušē)

References

• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 68