wrt
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /wɛrɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: weret
Usage notes
This adverb is one of the few elements that can intervene between the predicate of an adjectival sentence and its subject (thus directly following the initial adjective).
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈwuːɾat/ → /ˈwuːɾaʔ/ → /ˈweːɾə/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /wɛrɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: weret
Inflection
Declension of wrt (feminine)
singular | wrt |
---|---|
dual | wrtj |
plural | wrwt |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wrt
wrt | ||||
[Middle Kingdom] |
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 330.1–330.6, 331.1–331.3, 331.15–332.10
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 64
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 71, 95.
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English wyrt (“plant, herb”).
Etymology 2
From Old English wyrt, wyrte (“wort”).
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