jꜣdt

Egyptian

FWOTD – 22 January 2024

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iɑdɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: iadet

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

 f

1. dew
2. pouring rain in a storm
3. ‘dew’ or ‘sweat’ of a god, in figurative reference to the god’s pleasant scent
4. divine might or influence

Usage notes

This word was confused with jdt (“pleasant scent”) very early on and often cannot be distinguished from it.

Inflection

Declension of jꜣdt (feminine)

singular	jꜣdt
dual	jꜣdtj
plural	jꜣdwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jꜣdt  

jꜣdt	jꜣdt	jdt	jꜣdt
abbreviation

Descendants

• Bohairic Coptic: ⲓⲱϯ (iōti)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲉⲓⲱⲧⲉ (eiōte)

Etymology 2

From jꜣd (“to suffer, to experience a lack”) +‎ -t (feminine suffix).

Noun

 f

1. pestilence, affliction
2. lack, deficiency, need

Inflection

Declension of jꜣdt (feminine)

singular	jꜣdt
dual	jꜣdtj
plural	jꜣdwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jꜣdt  

jꜣdt

Etymology 3

Perhaps compare jꜣd (“kind of cord on a door-bolt”), jwd (“to ensnare”).

Noun

 f

1. net, especially one used for fishing or fowling

Inflection

Declension of jꜣdt (feminine)

singular	jꜣdt
dual	jꜣdtj
plural	jꜣdwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jꜣdt  

jꜣdt

Etymology 4

Unknown.

Noun

 f

1. a kind of field or tract of land
2. (in the plural) pastures for livestock, pastureland

Inflection

Declension of jꜣdt (feminine)

singular	jꜣdt
dual	jꜣdtj
plural	jꜣdwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jꜣdt  

jꜣdt

References

• “jꜣd.t (lemma ID 21180)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎^[1], Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01 edition, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–15 December 2022
• “jꜣd.t (lemma ID 21160)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎^[2], Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01 edition, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–15 December 2022
• “jꜣd.t (lemma ID 21190)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎^[3], Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01 edition, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–15 December 2022
• “jꜣd.t (lemma ID 21170)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎^[4], Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01 edition, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–15 December 2022
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[5], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 35.16–36.11
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, pages 9–10