zt

See also: ZT, zT, and z. T.

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /zut/ → /suʔ/ → /suʔ/ → /søʔ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /zut/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /suʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /suʔ/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /søʔ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: zet

Etymology 1

z +‎ -t.

Noun

 f

1. woman [since the Pyramid Texts]

Inflection

Declension of zt (feminine)

singular	zt
dual	ztj
plural	zwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zt  

zt	zt
[Old Kingdom]	[Late Period]

Derived terms

• zt-ḥmt

Descendants

• Coptic: ⲥⲁ (sa)

Etymology 2

Noun

 f

1. a type of disease [Middle Kingdom]

Inflection

Declension of zt (feminine)

singular	zt
dual	ztj
plural	zwt

Etymology 3

Noun

 f

1. Alternative form of zmyt

Etymology 4

From earlier zꜣt (“type of fowl”), from zꜣ +‎ -t.

Noun

 f

1. a type of goose or duck, as a living creature or as food for the dead and the gods [since the Pyramid Texts]

Inflection

Declension of zt (feminine)

singular	zt
dual	ztj
plural	zwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zt  

zt	zt	zt	zt	zt	zt	st
						[New Kingdom]

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN