rḫyt

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See also: rhyt

Egyptian

FWOTD – 15 June 2019

Pronunciation

 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /lVˈχiːwat/ → /lVˈχiːjaʔ/ → /ləˈχeːʔə/ → /ləˈχeːʔ/

Noun

r
x		 iit
G24		 A1 B1
Z2

 f

  1. the common people, as opposed to the upper strata of society
    • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 19:
      sV25wY1&n&f t nr
      Z2      		 H_SPACE
      t      		 G23Z2ss
      H_SPACE      		 p
      a
      t F51A      		 N8
      M
      M      		 t
      Z2ss      		 tA
      U7
      r      		 itrniwtHAnb
      nb
      nb
      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.
  2. royal subjects collectively
    • c. 1928–1924 BCE, Stele of Wepwawetaa (Leiden V4/AP 63), lines 9–10:
      nw
      k      		 g
      r      		 wA2mmsr
      A21      		 Z3]]ssbq
      Y1
      n      		 swt
      n

      A301A
      xntn
      t
      tA
      tA      		 mH
      ib Z1      		 Y1
      f      		 xntn
      t
      r      		 x
      G24      		 A1Z2ss
      t
      f
      jnk grw mm srw ssbq.n nswt ḫnt tꜣwj mḥ-jb.f ḫnt rḫwt.f
      I was a silent one among the officials, whom the king honored in front of the Two Lands (Egypt), his confidant at the fore of his subjects
  3. (by extension) humanity

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of rḫyt  
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x		 wtG23A1Z3
r
x t		 G23A1 B1
Z2
t
G24		 A1 B1
Z2
G24iit
r
x		 iit
Z2
H_SPACE
t		 G23Z2ss
H_SPACE
r
x		 G24A1Z2ss
t
rḫwt rḫwt rḫyt rḫyt rḫyt rḫyt rḫwt

Descendants

  • Old Coptic: ⲗϧⲏ (lxē)

References

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