ꜣwt

Egyptian

Etymology

From ꜣwj (“to be long, to extend (a hand), to give an offering”).

Pronunciation

Noun

 f

  1. length, duration (of time) [since the Old Kingdom]

Usage notes

By Late Egyptian this word apparently becomes conflated with ꜣw (“length (of space)”).

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣwt  






ꜣwt ꜣwt ꜣwt ꜣw ꜣw
[Old Kingdom] [New Kingdom] [Greco-Roman Period]

Derived terms

Noun

 f

  1. offering, gift, donation (particularly of bread) [since the Pyramid Texts]

Usage notes

In Late Egyptian this word is generally reduced to ꜣw, and since the 22nd Dynasty it appears frequently as an object of sfsf (“to present, to offer”), sometimes with the recipient added after n (“to, for”).

Inflection
Declension of ꜣwt (feminine)
singular ꜣwt
dual ꜣwtj
plural ꜣwwt

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣwt  




ꜣwt ꜣwt ꜣwt ꜣw jꜣw
[Pyramid Texts] [22nd Dynasty to Greco-Roman Period] [Late Period]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣwt  





ꜣw ꜣw ꜣw ꜣw ꜣw
[chiefly Greco-Roman Period] [chiefly Greco-Roman Period] [chiefly Greco-Roman Period] [chiefly Greco-Roman Period] [chiefly Greco-Roman Period]

Noun

 f

  1. altar [19th Dynasty]

Inflection
Declension of ꜣwt (feminine)
singular ꜣwt
dual ꜣwtj
plural ꜣwwt

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣwt  
ꜣw

Noun

 ?

  1. a hidden chamber in a temple containing cult images [Greco-Roman Period]

Usage notes

While this word is sometimes transcribed with a final -j/-y as if it were a nisba, this ending is unattested in the original script.

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣwt  

ꜣwt ꜣwt
With the wrong determinative?
Or a separate word meaning ‘wall’?

Noun

 f

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1. long knife

Inflection
Declension of ꜣwt (feminine)
singular ꜣwt
dual ꜣwtj
plural ꜣwwt

References
  • Wilson, Penelope (1991) A Lexicographical Study of the Ptolemaic Texts in the Temple of Edfu, Liverpool: University of Liverpool, page 3–6
  • Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 1–2
  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 4.15–4.16, 5.2–5.3, 5.13–5.14
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