pꜥt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /pɑːt/
- Conventional anglicization: pat

Noun

f

social stratum of nobility: elite, patricians
- c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 19:
  
  swḏ(w) n.f rmt rḫyt pꜥt ḥnmmt tꜣ-mrj ḥꜣ(w)-nbw(t)
  Humankind was bequeathed to him, the commoners and patricians, the sunfolk of the Beloved Land (Egypt) and the Aegean islanders.

Inflection

Declension of pꜥt (feminine)

singular	pꜥt
dual	pꜥtj
plural	pꜥwt

Derived terms

jrj-pꜥt

Noun

f

loaf of bread

Inflection

Declension of pꜥt (feminine)

singular	pꜥt
dual	pꜥtj
plural	pꜥwt

References

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 150 page 113, 150.
Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 97

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