ẖrt-ꜥ

Egyptian

Etymology

ẖrt (“(thing) being under”) +‎ ꜥ (“arm”).

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /çɛrɛt ɑː/
- Conventional anglicization: kheret-a

Noun

f

small wooden box used to hold scrolls and scribal implements

Inflection

Declension of ẖrt-ꜥ (feminine)

singular	ẖrt-ꜥ
dual	ẖrtj-ꜥ
plural	ẖrwt-ꜥ

References

Junge, Friedrich (2005) Late Egyptian Grammar: An Introduction, second English edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, page 25
Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 394.1–394.3

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