jrt

See also: JRT

Demotic

Etymology

From Egyptian (jrṯt, “milk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔəˈɾoːtə/

Noun

⁠⁠ f

1. milk

Descendants

• Bohairic Coptic: ⲉⲣⲱϯ (erōti)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲉⲣⲱⲧⲉ (erōte)

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈjiːɾat/ → /ˈjiːɾaʔ/ → /ˈʔiːɾa/ → /ˈʔiːɾə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈjiːɾat/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈjiːɾaʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʔiːɾa/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʔiːɾə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /irɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: iret

Noun

 f

1. eye

Inflection

Declension of jrt (feminine)

singular	jrt
dual	jrtj
plural	jrwt

Some have suggested that the dual of this noun is a masculine jrwj rather than the expected feminine jrtj.

Derived terms

• jrt-rꜥ
• jrt-ḥr

Descendants

• Demotic: jrt
  • Akhmimic Coptic: ⲉⲓⲉⲧ⸗ (eiet⸗)
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲓⲉⲣ- (ier-), ⲓⲁⲧ⸗ (iat⸗)
  • Fayyumic Coptic: ⲓⲉⲣ- (ier-), ⲓⲏⲧ⸗ (iēt⸗)
  • Old Coptic: ⲓⲉⲧ⸗ (iet⸗)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲉⲓⲁ (eia), ⲉⲓⲉⲣ- (eier-), ⲉⲓⲁⲁⲧ⸗ (eiaat⸗), ⲉⲓⲁⲧ⸗ (eiat⸗)

See also

• 𓁹

Noun

 f

1. duty

Inflection

Declension of jrt (feminine)

singular	jrt
dual	jrtj
plural	jrwt

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 456.
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 146