wꜣt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɑt/
  • Conventional anglicization: wat

Noun

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1. road, path
   • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 23:

     wꜣt zš.tj mṯnw wn(.w)

     The road is traversable, the paths are open.

Inflection

Declension of wꜣt (feminine)

singular	wꜣt
dual	wꜣtj
plural	wꜣwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wꜣt  

wꜣt

Synonyms

• mṯn

Derived terms

• jrj wꜣt
• wꜣwt-ḥr
• wꜣt-nṯr
• wp-wꜣwt
• mḏd wꜣt
• rḏj wꜣt n
• rḏj wꜣt n rdwj
• rḏj ḥr wꜣt
• ḥr wꜣt
• ḫꜣꜥ ḥr wꜣt
• tp wꜣt

 

Descendants

• Akhmimic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲁⲉⲓ (ouaei), ⲟⲩⲁⲓ (ouai)
• Bohairic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲟⲓ (ouoi)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲁⲓ (ouai)
• Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲟⲩⲁⲉⲓⲉ (ouaeie)
• Coptic Dialect P: ⲟⲩⲁⲓ̈ (ouaï)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓ (ouoei), ⲟⲩⲟⲓ (ouoi)

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 129, 262.