dwꜣtj

Egyptian

Etymology

dwꜣt (“Duat, afterworld”) +‎ -j (nisba ending).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /duːɑti/
  • Conventional anglicization: duati

Adjective

1. belonging to the Duat (afterworld)

Inflection

Declension of dwꜣtj (nisba adjective)

	masculine	feminine
singular	dwꜣtj	dwꜣtt
dual	dwꜣtjwj, dwꜣtwj	dwꜣttj
plural	dwꜣtjw, dwꜣtw	dwꜣtwt1, dwꜣtt2
Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun. From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural. In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 357.