pr-ḏt

Egyptian

Etymology

pr (“house”) +‎ ḏt (“eternity”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘house of eternity’.

Pronunciation

Noun

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  1. funerary estate, foundation or endowment for the maintenance of a tomb [since the Old Kingdom]
  2. tomb itself

Inflection

Declension of pr-ḏt (masculine)
singular pr-ḏt
dual prwj-ḏt
plural prw-ḏt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of pr-ḏt  



pr-n-ḏt pr-n-ḏt
[sic]

References

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