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 | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) |
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dual | wrtj |
plural | wrwt |
Alternative forms
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 330.1–330.6, 331.1–331.3, 331.15–332.10
- Faulkner, Raymond (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, page 71, 95.
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English wyrt (“plant, herb”).
Etymology 2
From Old English wyrt, wyrte (“wort”).
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