dpt

See also: DPT and D.P.T.

Egyptian
FWOTD – 26 March 2014

Etymology 1

Pronunciation
 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈtʼVːput/ → /ˈtʼVːpuʔ/ → /ˈtʼVːpə/

Noun

 f

  1. a ship, boat
Inflection
Declension of dpt (feminine u-stem)
singular dpt
dual dptj
plural dpwt

Etymology 2

From dp (“to taste”) +‎ -t.

Pronunciation
 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈtʼiːpat/ → /ˈtʼiːpaʔ/ → /ˈtʼiːpə/

Noun

 f

  1. taste (sensations produced by the tongue)
    • c. 1859 BCE – 1840 BCE, The Story of Sinuhe, version B (pBerlin 3022 and pAmherst n-q) line 23:[3]
      […] ḏd.n.j dpt mwt nn […]
      […] I said “this is the taste of death.” […]
  2. (figuratively) experience
Inflection
Declension of dpt (feminine)
singular dpt
dual dptj
plural dpwt

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

 f

  1. (originally in medical papyri) an edible doubled body part; conventionally rendered as loins, but possibly also the kidneys
Inflection
Declension of dpt (feminine)
singular dpt
dual dptj
plural dpwt
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of dpt  




dpt dpt dp dpt
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Descendants

References
  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
  • Lesko, Leonard; Lesko, Barbara (2002) A Dictionary of Late Egyptian, second edition, Providence: B.C. Scribe Publications, →ISBN
  • Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 55
  1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 58
  2. Allen, James (2015) Middle Egyptian Literature: Eight Literary Works of the Middle Kingdom, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 283
  3. Allen, James (2015) Middle Egyptian Literature: Eight Literary Works of the Middle Kingdom, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 71–72
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