wḏꜣt

Egyptian

Etymology

From wḏꜣ (“to be intact”) +‎ -t (“feminine ending”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛd͡ʒɑt/
  • Conventional anglicization: wedjat

Proper noun

 f

1. (originally) the (dismembered and subsequently restored) Eye of Horus, a mythological conception of the full moon [since the Middle Kingdom]
2. the Eye of Ra
3. the eye of a god in general
4. epithet for various goddesses as the personified eyes of a god
5. an amulet in the form of the Eye of Horus
6. used in the names of constellations [Greco-Roman Period]
7. (in the dual) the actual eyes of a god or person [Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection

Declension of wḏꜣt (feminine)

singular	wḏꜣt
dual	wḏꜣtj
plural	wḏꜣwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wḏꜣt  

wḏꜣt	wḏꜣt	ḏꜣt	wḏꜣ	wḏꜣt	wḏꜣ	wḏꜣt	wḏꜣt
	[Middle Kingdom]	[Middle Kingdom]	[New Kingdom]	[since the New Kingdom]	[Greco-Roman Period]	[Greco-Roman Period]
			in hieratic				as an epithet for goddesses

Derived terms

• sḫn wḏꜣt

 

See also

• 𓂀

Noun

 f

1. (Late Egyptian) a volumetric measure of grain, possibly equivalent to the ḥqꜣt (“heqat”)

Inflection

Declension of wḏꜣt (feminine)

singular	wḏꜣt
dual	wḏꜣtj
plural	wḏꜣwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wḏꜣt  

wḏꜣt

Noun

 f

1. sky, heaven
2. roof of a temple

Inflection

Declension of wḏꜣt (feminine)

singular	wḏꜣt
dual	wḏꜣtj
plural	wḏꜣwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wḏꜣt  

wḏꜣt	wḏꜣt

Noun

 f

1. a type of sword or knife

Inflection

Declension of wḏꜣt (feminine)

singular	wḏꜣt
dual	wḏꜣtj
plural	wḏꜣwt

Romanization

wḏꜣt

1. Alternative transliteration of bꜣqt (“an epithet for Egypt”).

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN