wsḫt

Egyptian

Etymology 1

wsḫ (to be broad) + -t.

Pronunciation

 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈwisχat//ˈwisχaʔ//ˈwesχa//ˈwesχə/

Noun


 f

  1. breadth, width
Inflection
Descendants
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲏϣⲥⲓ (ouēšsi), ⲟⲩⲉϣⲥⲓ (ouešsi)
  • Fayyumic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲉϣⲥⲓ (ouešsi)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲁϣⲥⲉ (ouašse), ⲟⲩⲟϣⲥⲉ (ouošse), ⲟⲩⲉϣⲥⲉ (ouešse), ⲟⲩⲉϣⲥ (ouešs)

Pronunciation

Noun


 f

  1. wide hall or court
    • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 17–18:



























      sḥww n.f ḏꜣḏꜣt mꜣꜥt psḏt nb-r-ḏr ḏs.f nbw-mꜣꜥt zmꜣyw jm.s mkḥꜣyw jsft snḏmw m wsḫt nt gbb r rdjt jꜣwt n nb.s (n)syt n mꜣꜥt.s n.f
      The Tribunal of Maat was convened for him: the Ennead, the Lord of All himself, and the possessors of righteousness who were united in it, who scorn wrongdoing, sitting in the hall of Geb to give the office to its owner and the kingship to the one to whom it justly belonged.
Inflection
Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun



 f

  1. barge
Inflection

References

  1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 47
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