wsḫt

Egyptian

Etymology 1

wsḫ (“to be broad”) +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈwisχat/ → /ˈwisχaʔ/ → /ˈwesχa/ → /ˈwesχə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwisχat/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwisχaʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwesχa/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwesχə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛsxɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: weskhet

Noun

 f

1. breadth, width

Inflection

Declension of wsḫt (feminine)

singular	wsḫt
dual	wsḫtj
plural	wsḫwt

Descendants

• Bohairic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲏϣⲥⲓ (ouēšsi), ⲟⲩⲉϣⲥⲓ (ouešsi)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲉϣⲥⲓ (ouešsi)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲁϣⲥⲉ (ouašse), ⲟⲩⲟϣⲥⲉ (ouošse), ⲟⲩⲉϣⲥⲉ (ouešse), ⲟⲩⲉϣⲥ (ouešs)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛsxɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: weskhet

Noun

 f

1. wide hall or court
   • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 17–18:

     
     

     sḥww n.f ḏꜣḏꜣt mꜣꜥt psḏt nb-r-ḏr ḏs.f nbw-mꜣꜥt zmꜣyw jm.s mkḥꜣyw jsft snḏmw m wsḫt nt gbb r rdjt jꜣwt n nb.s (n)syt n mꜣꜥt.s n.f

     The Tribunal of Maat was convened for him: the Ennead, the Lord of All himself, and the possessors of righteousness who were united in it, who scorn wrongdoing, sitting in the hall of Geb to give the office to its owner and the kingship to the one to whom it justly belonged.

Inflection

Declension of wsḫt (feminine)

singular	wsḫt
dual	wsḫtj
plural	wsḫwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wsḫt  

wsḫt

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛsxɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: weskhet

Noun

 f

1. barge

Inflection

Declension of wsḫt (feminine)

singular	wsḫt
dual	wsḫtj
plural	wsḫwt

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 125.
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 365.13–365.15, 366.5–367.2