ḥꜣt

See also: ḫꜣt and ẖꜣt

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈħuːʀit//ˈħuːʀiʔ//ˈħuːʔə//ˈħeːʔ/

Noun


 f

  1. forepart, front
  2. (usually of animals) front part of the body, forepart
  3. (of people) forehead, brow
  4. bow, prow of a ship
  5. beginning, point of time when something starts
  6. opening, incipit, beginning of a text
  7. vanguard of an army or fleet
  8. place where a locality begins; outer limits
  9. (of people) first (among some group), chief, foremost, most distinguished one
  10. best, choicest (of something)
Inflection
Declension of ḥꜣt (feminine)
singular ḥꜣt
dual ḥꜣtj
plural ḥꜣwt
Alternative forms
Antonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Coptic: ϩⲏ ()

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun


 f

  1. tomb [Pyramid Texts to New Kingdom]
    Synonyms: jz, ḥrt, mꜥḥꜥt
Inflection
Declension of ḥꜣt (feminine)
singular ḥꜣt
dual ḥꜣtj
plural ḥꜣwt
Alternative forms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun


 f

  1. a small unit of time, smaller than a ꜣt but larger than a ꜥnt; approximately a second [Greco-Roman Period]
Inflection
Declension of ḥꜣt (feminine)
singular ḥꜣt
dual ḥꜣtj
plural ḥꜣwt

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Noun



 f

  1. food [Middle Kingdom]

References

  1. ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 41
  2. ^ Loprieno, Antonio (2001) “From Ancient Egyptian to Coptic” in Haspelmath, Martin et al. (eds.), Language Typology and Language Universals.