grgt

Egyptian

FWOTD – 23 August 2020

Etymology

grg (“to establish, to equip”) +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /kʼaˈɾuːkʼVt/ → /kʼaˈɾuːkʼVʔ/ → /kʼəˈɾuːkʼaʔ/ → /kʼəˈɾeːkʼə/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɡɛrɡɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: gerget

Noun

f

dowry

Inflection

Declension of grgt (feminine)

singular	grgt
dual	grgtj
plural	grgwt

Descendants

Demotic: grgt
- Bohairic Coptic: ϭⲣⲏϫⲓ (crēči)
- Sahidic Coptic: ϭⲣⲏϭⲉ (crēce)

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 337

Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 42

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