pꜣwtj

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Egyptian

FWOTD – 12 December 2021

Etymology

From pꜣwt (“primaeval time”) +‎ -j (nisba ending).

Pronunciation

Adjective

pAAwt
y		 X6
  1. primaeval (especially of gods or sacred places)

Inflection

Declension of pꜣwtj (nisba adjective)
masculine feminine
singular pꜣwtj
 pꜣwtt
dual pꜣwtjwj, pꜣwtwj
 pꜣwttj
plural pꜣwtjw, pꜣwtw
 pꜣwtwt1, pꜣwtt2
  1. Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun.
  2. 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.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of pꜣwtj  
pAt
y
pAt
X6
X6
pꜣtj pꜣtj

Noun

pAAwt
y		 X6

 m

  1. primaeval god
    • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 3–4:
      DdDdr
      n
      M      		 r
      Z1
      n      		 t nr
      Z2      		 pAt
      X6
      X6      		 n
      N17
      N17
      t
      tm      		 D
      f
      X4      		 kA
      Z2ss      		 xntN9
      t
      Z2ss      		 nTrAxZ1
      H_SPACE      		 mn
      n
      x mnx      		 M
      M
      a      		 AxZ2ss
      H_SPACE
      ḏd rn m r(ꜣ) n(j) rmt pꜣ(w)tj n(j) tꜣwj tm ḏf(ꜣ) kꜣw ḫnt psḏt ꜣḫ mnḫ mmj ꜣḫw
      (Osiris,) whose name endures (literally, “enduring of name”) in the mouth of people, primaeval one of the Two Lands (Egypt), complete of food and sustenance at the head of the Ennead, potent akh among the akhs.

Inflection

Declension of pꜣwtj (masculine)
singular pꜣwtj
dual pꜣwtjwj
plural pꜣwtjw

Alternative forms

See under the adjective above.

References

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