wꜣrt

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Egyptian

Etymology

wꜣr (to tie up) +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

Noun

wAAr
t
V1

 f

  1. cord, rope, line
    1. tow rope for a clap net or for the solar barque
    2. restraining rope used in hunting hippopotamoi
    3. measuring rope
    4. rope stretched in foundation ceremonies

Inflection

Alternative forms

Descendants

Černý proposes the following as descendants, but the connection is rejected by Vycichl on phonetic grounds:[1][2]

  • Akhmimic Coptic: ⲁⲗⲟⲩ (alou)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲁⲗⲱ (alō), ⲉⲗⲱ (elō)

References

  • wꜣr.t (lemma ID 42980)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae, Corpus issue 18, Web app version 2.1.5, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–26 July 2023
  • Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 252.3–252.8
  • Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 53
  1. ^ Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 4
  2. ^ Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 7