ḏt
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (in the sense ‘olive’) (reconstructed Late Egyptian) IPA(key): /t͡ʃʼajt/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: djet
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḏt
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḏt
Antonyms
- nḥḥ: cyclical eternity
Derived terms
Derived terms
Derived terms
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḏt
Etymology 5
Borrowed from Semitic; compare Ugaritic 𐎇𐎚 (zt), Phoenician 𐤆𐤉𐤕 (zyt), Galilean Aramaic זֵיתָא (zētā), Classical Syriac ܙܝܬܐ (zaytā), Amharic ዘይት (zäyt, “olive oil”), Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn, “olive”), زَيْت (zayt, “oil, olive oil”), Hebrew זַיִת (záyit).
Inflection
Declension of ḏt (masculine)
singular | ḏt |
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dual | ḏtwj |
plural | ḏtw |
Descendants
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 95, 109–110, 173, 187, 279.
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
- Petrie, Flinders (1900) The royal tombs of the first dynasty, part I, plate XVII, 125-127
- von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, page 171
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