wꜣt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɑt/
- Conventional anglicization: wat

Noun

f

road, path
- c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 23:
  
  wꜣt zš.tj mṯnw wn(.w)
  The road is traversable, the paths are open.

Inflection

Declension of wꜣt (feminine)

singular	wꜣt
dual	wꜣtj
plural	wꜣwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wꜣt

wꜣt

Synonyms

mṯn

Derived terms

jrj wꜣt
wꜣwt-ḥr
wꜣt-nṯr
wp-wꜣwt
mḏd wꜣt
rḏj wꜣt n
rḏj wꜣt n rdwj
rḏj ḥr wꜣt
ḥr wꜣt
ḫꜣꜥ ḥr wꜣt
tp wꜣt

Descendants

Akhmimic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲁⲉⲓ (ouaei), ⲟⲩⲁⲓ (ouai)
Bohairic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲟⲓ (ouoi)
Fayyumic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲁⲓ (ouai)
Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲟⲩⲁⲉⲓⲉ (ouaeie)
Coptic Dialect P: ⲟⲩⲁⲓ̈ (ouaï)
Sahidic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓ (ouoei), ⲟⲩⲟⲓ (ouoi)

References

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 129, 262.

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