dpt
Egyptian
FWOTD – 26 March 2014
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈtʼVːput/ → /ˈtʼVːpuʔ/ → /ˈtʼVːpə/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /dɛpɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: depet
Noun
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- ship, boat
- c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 24–28:
- hꜣ.kw r wꜣḏ-wr m dpt nt št-mḏwtj mḥ m ꜣw.s ḥmw mḥ m sḫw.s št-mḏwtj sqd jm.s m stp n(j) kmt
- I had gone down to the sea in a boat of a hundred twenty cubits in length and forty cubits in breadth, with a hundred twenty sailors in it of the choice of Egypt.
- c. 1859 BCE – 1840 BCE, The Eloquent Peasant, version B1 (pAmherst 1 and pBerlin 3023) lines 221–222:[2]
- […] mj dpt nn sḫry jm.s […]
- […] like a ship without a captain […]
Inflection
Declension of dpt (feminine u-stem)
| singular | dpt |
|---|---|
| dual | dptj |
| plural | dpwt |
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈtʼiːpVt/ → /ˈtʼiːpVʔ/ → /ˈtʼiːpə/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /dɛpɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: depet
Noun
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f
- taste (sensations produced by the tongue)
- c. 1859 BCE – 1840 BCE, The Story of Sinuhe, version B (pBerlin 3022 and pAmherst n-q) line 23:[3]
- […] ḏd.n.j dpt mwt nn […]
- […] I said “this is the taste of death.” […]
- (figuratively) experience
Inflection
Declension of dpt (feminine)
| singular | dpt |
|---|---|
| dual | dptj |
| plural | dpwt |
Etymology 3
Possibly related to dpt (“taste”); see above.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /dɛpɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: depet
Inflection
Declension of dpt (feminine)
| singular | dpt |
|---|---|
| dual | dptj |
| plural | dpwt |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of dpt
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Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /dɛpɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: depet
Noun
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f
Inflection
Declension of dpt (feminine)
| singular | dpt |
|---|---|
| dual | dptj |
| plural | dpwt |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of dpt
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| [Late Egyptian] | [Late Egyptian] | [Late Egyptian] | [Greco-Roman Period] |
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 444.16–445.9, 445.13–445.16, 446.1–446.16, 447.6–447.11
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 312
- Lesko, Leonard; Lesko, Barbara (2002) A Dictionary of Late Egyptian, second edition, Providence: B.C. Scribe Publications, →ISBN
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 55
- Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 58
- Allen, James (2015) Middle Egyptian Literature: Eight Literary Works of the Middle Kingdom, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 283
- Allen, James (2015) Middle Egyptian Literature: Eight Literary Works of the Middle Kingdom, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 71–72
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