ꜣḥt

See also: ꜣḫt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈʀaːħat/ → /ˈʀaːħaʔ/ → /ˈjaːħa/ → /ˈjoːħə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʀaːħat/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʀaːħaʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈjaːħa/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈjoːħə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑhɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: ahet

Noun

 f

1. field; cultivated plot of land
2. earth or soil from arable land (used in brickmaking)

Inflection

Declension of ꜣḥt (feminine)

singular	ꜣḥt
dual	ꜣḥtj
plural	ꜣḥwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣḥt  

ꜣḥt	ꜣḥt	ꜣḥt

Derived terms

• sṯꜣt-ꜣḥt

Descendants

• Demotic: ꜣḥ
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲓⲟϩⲓ (iohi)
  • Fayyumic Coptic: ⲓⲱϩⲓ (iōhi)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲉⲓⲱϩⲉ (eiōhe)
  • → Ancient Greek: -αχῆς (-akhês), -χῆς (-khês)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 12.17–12.18
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 4
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 60, 333.
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 242