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Egyptian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From wḏj (“to depart, to stray”) + -yt.
Noun
f
- expedition, journey away
- (military) campaign
Inflection
Declension of wḏyt (feminine)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wḏyt
Etymology 2
Noun
f
- The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
- flour content of bread
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 398.6–398.12, 399.13
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 74
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 112.
