zꜣṯw

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Noun
zzATwN23Z1

 m

  1. ground
    • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 136–138:
      wnn
      k      		 r
      f      		 dU2AU32Y2kWA1HrZ1X
      t Z1      		 A1
      dmiiD41
      n      		 A1z
      zA      		 AtwN23
      Z2ss      		 mbbAAHD53Y2
      f
      wn.k(w) r.f dmꜣ.kw ḥr ẖt.j dmj.n.j zꜣtw m bꜣḥ.f
      At that I was stretched out on my belly, having touched the ground before him.

Inflection
Declension of zꜣṯw (masculine)
singular zꜣṯw
dual zꜣṯwwj
plural zꜣṯww

Descendants
  • Demotic: ꜣsṱ
    • Coptic: ⲉⲥⲏⲧ (esēt)

References
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 316.
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