Egyptian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈcʼaːɾat/ → /ˈtʼaːɾaʔ/ → /ˈtʼaːɾa/ → /ˈtʼoːɾə/
Noun
f
- hand
- (of an elephant) trunk
Inflection
Declension of ḏrt (feminine)
| singular
|
ḏrt
|
| dual
|
ḏrtj
|
| plural
|
ḏrwt
|
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḏrt
Descendants
- Demotic: trt
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲧⲱⲣⲓ (tōri)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲧⲱⲣⲉ (tōre), ⲧⲟⲣⲉ (tore)
- Fayyumic Coptic: ⲧⲱⲣⲓ (tōri), ⲧⲱⲗⲓ (tōli), ⲧⲟⲗⲓ (toli), ⲧⲟⲣⲓ (tori)
- Akhmimic Coptic: ⲧⲱⲣⲉ (tōre)
- → Hebrew: זֶרֶת (zereṯ)
- → Classical Syriac: ܙܪܬܐ (zartå)
- → Classical Mandaic: ࡆࡉࡓࡕࡀ
- → Ugaritic: 𐎏𐎗𐎚 (ḏrt)
See also
Etymology 2
Noun
f
- (female) calf
Inflection
Declension of ḏrt (feminine)
| singular
|
ḏrt
|
| dual
|
ḏrtj
|
| plural
|
ḏrwt
|
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 112, 215.
- ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 42
- ^ Loprieno, Antonio (2001) “From Ancient Egyptian to Coptic” in Haspelmath, Martin et al. (eds.), Language Typology and Language Universals. Loprieno cites a slightly earlier form with -/aː/-.