nwyt

Egyptian

Etymology

From nwy (“water”) +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

Noun

 f

  1. wave or swell of water
    • c. 2000–1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115), lines 34–36:





      fꜣ.t(w) ṯꜣw jr.f wḥmyt nwyt jm.f nt ḫmnw mḥ
      The wind was lifted again and again (literally, “lifted, it making repetition”), with a wave in it of eight cubits.

Inflection

Declension of nwyt (feminine)
singular nwyt
dual nwytj
plural nwywt

References

  • Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 113
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