pꜥt

Egyptian

Pronunciation
 
  • (in the sense ‘the elite’): (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈpiːʕVt/ → /ˈpiːʕVʔ/ → /ˈpeːʕa/ → /ˈpeːʕə/

Noun
p
a
t		 A1 B1
Z2

 f

  1. (collective) social stratum of nobility: elite, patricians
    • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 19:
      sV25wY1&n&f t nr
      Z2      		 H_SPACE
      t      		 G23Z2ss
      H_SPACE      		 p
      a
      t F51A      		 N8
      M
      M      		 t
      Z2ss      		 tA
      U7
      r      		 itrniwtHAnb
      nb
      nb
      swḏ 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.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Old Coptic: ⲡⲏ (pē)

Noun
p
a		 t
X6

 f

  1. 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, pages 113, 150.
  • Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 97
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