wḏꜣt

Egyptian

Etymology

From wḏꜣ (“to be intact”) +‎ -t (“feminine ending”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

 f

  1. (originally) the (dismembered and subsequently restored) Eye of Horus, a mythological conception of the full moon [since the Middle Kingdom]
  2. the Eye of Ra
  3. the eye of a god in general
  4. epithet for various goddesses as the personified eyes of a god
  5. an amulet in the form of the Eye of Horus
  6. used in the names of constellations [Greco-Roman Period]
  7. (in the dual) the actual eyes of a god or person [Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection
Declension of wḏꜣt (feminine)
singular wḏꜣt
dual wḏꜣtj
plural wḏꜣwt

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wḏꜣt  




wḏꜣt wḏꜣt ḏꜣt wḏꜣ wḏꜣt wḏꜣ wḏꜣt wḏꜣt
[Middle Kingdom] [Middle Kingdom] [New Kingdom] [since the New Kingdom] [Greco-Roman Period] [Greco-Roman Period]
in papyri as an epithet for goddesses

Derived terms
  • sḫn wḏꜣt

Noun

 f

  1. (Late Egyptian) a volumetric measure of grain, possibly equivalent to the ḥqꜣt (“heqat”)

Inflection
Declension of wḏꜣt (feminine)
singular wḏꜣt
dual wḏꜣtj
plural wḏꜣwt

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wḏꜣt  
wḏꜣt

Noun

 f

  1. sky, heaven
  2. roof of a temple

Inflection
Declension of wḏꜣt (feminine)
singular wḏꜣt
dual wḏꜣtj
plural wḏꜣwt

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wḏꜣt  
wḏꜣt wḏꜣt

Noun

 f

  1. a type of sword or knife

Inflection
Declension of wḏꜣt (feminine)
singular wḏꜣt
dual wḏꜣtj
plural wḏꜣwt

Romanization

wḏꜣt

  1. Alternative transliteration of bꜣqt (“an epithet for Egypt”).

References
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