pꜥt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (in the sense ‘the elite’): (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈpiːʕVt/ → /ˈpiːʕVʔ/ → /ˈpeːʕa/ → /ˈpeːʕə/

• (in the sense ‘the elite’): (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈpiːʕVt/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (in the sense ‘the elite’): (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈpiːʕVʔ/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (in the sense ‘the elite’): (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈpeːʕa/
• (in the sense ‘the elite’): (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈpeːʕə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /pɑːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: pat

Noun

 f

1. (collective) social stratum of nobility: elite, patricians
   • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 19:

     swḏ n.f rmt rḫyt pꜥt ḥnmmt tꜣ-mrj ḥꜣ(w)-nbw(t)

     Humankind was bequeathed to him, the commoners and patricians, the sunfolk of the Beloved Land (Egypt) and the Aegean islanders.

Derived terms

• jrj-pꜥt
• jrt-pꜥt

Descendants

• Old Coptic: ⲡⲏ (pē)

Noun

 f

1. loaf of bread

Inflection

Declension of pꜥt (feminine)

singular	pꜥt
dual	pꜥtj
plural	pꜥwt

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 113, 150.
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 97