ꜣwt

Egyptian

Etymology

From ꜣwj (“to be long, to extend (a hand), to give an offering”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑuːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: aut

Noun

 f

1. length, duration (of time) [since the Old Kingdom]

Usage notes

By Late Egyptian this word apparently becomes conflated with ꜣw (“length (of space)”).

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣwt  

ꜣwt	ꜣwt	ꜣwt	ꜣw	ꜣw
		[Old Kingdom]	[New Kingdom]	[Greco-Roman Period]

Derived terms

• m ꜣwt ḏt

Noun

 f

1. offering, gift, donation (particularly of bread) [since the Pyramid Texts]

Usage notes

In Late Egyptian this word is generally reduced to ꜣw, and since the 22nd Dynasty it appears frequently as an object of sfsf (“to present, to offer”), sometimes with the recipient added after n (“to, for”).

Inflection

Declension of ꜣwt (feminine)

singular	ꜣwt
dual	ꜣwtj
plural	ꜣwwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣwt  

ꜣwt	ꜣwt	ꜣwt	ꜣw	jꜣw
		[Pyramid Texts]	[22nd Dynasty to Greco-Roman Period]	[Late Period]

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣwt  

ꜣw	ꜣw	ꜣw	ꜣw	ꜣw
[chiefly Greco-Roman Period]	[chiefly Greco-Roman Period]	[chiefly Greco-Roman Period]	[chiefly Greco-Roman Period]	[chiefly Greco-Roman Period]

Noun

 f

1. altar [19th Dynasty]

Inflection

Declension of ꜣwt (feminine)

singular	ꜣwt
dual	ꜣwtj
plural	ꜣwwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣwt  

ꜣw

Noun

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1. a hidden chamber in a temple containing cult images [Greco-Roman Period]

Usage notes

While this word is sometimes transcribed with a final -j/-y as if it were a nisba, this ending is unattested in the original script.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣwt  

ꜣwt	ꜣwt
	With the wrong determinative? Or a separate word meaning ‘wall’?

Noun

 f

1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
   1. long knife

Inflection

Declension of ꜣwt (feminine)

singular	ꜣwt
dual	ꜣwtj
plural	ꜣwwt

References

• Wilson, Penelope (1991) A Lexicographical Study of the Ptolemaic Texts in the Temple of Edfu, Liverpool: University of Liverpool, pages 3–6
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, pages 1–2
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 4.15–4.16, 5.2–5.3, 5.13–5.14