Egyptian
Etymology
From wḏꜣ (“to be intact”) + -t (“feminine ending”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
- (originally) the (dismembered and subsequently restored) Eye of Horus, a mythological conception of the full moon [since the Middle Kingdom]
- the Eye of Ra
- the eye of a god in general
- epithet for various goddesses as the personified eyes of a god
- an amulet in the form of the Eye of Horus
- used in the names of constellations [Greco-Roman Period]
- (in the dual) the actual eyes of a god or person [Greco-Roman Period]
Inflection
Declension of wḏꜣt (feminine)
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wḏꜣt
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wḏꜣtj
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wḏꜣwt
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wḏꜣt
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wḏꜣt
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ḏꜣt
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wḏꜣ
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wḏꜣt
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wḏꜣ
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wḏꜣt
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wḏꜣt
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[Middle Kingdom]
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[Middle Kingdom]
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[since the New Kingdom]
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[Greco-Roman Period]
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[Greco-Roman Period]
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in hieratic
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as an epithet for goddesses
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Derived terms
See also
Noun
f
- (Late Egyptian) a volumetric measure of grain, possibly equivalent to the ḥqꜣt (“heqat”)
Inflection
Declension of wḏꜣt (feminine)
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wḏꜣt
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| dual
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wḏꜣtj
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wḏꜣwt
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wḏꜣt
Noun
f
- sky, heaven
- roof of a temple
Inflection
Declension of wḏꜣt (feminine)
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wḏꜣt
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wḏꜣtj
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wḏꜣwt
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wḏꜣt
Noun
f
- a type of sword or knife
Inflection
Declension of wḏꜣt (feminine)
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wḏꜣt
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wḏꜣtj
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wḏꜣwt
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Romanization
wḏꜣt
- Alternative transliteration of bꜣqt (“an epithet for Egypt”).
References