šwt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ʃuːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: shut

Noun

 f

1. shadow
   • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 14–15:

     …

     ꜣst ꜣḫt […] jrt šwt m šwwt.s sḫprt ṯꜣw m ḏnḥwj.s

     capable Isis […] who made shade with her feathers, who brought about breath with her wings

Inflection

Declension of šwt (feminine)

singular	šwt
dual	šwtj
plural	šwwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šwt  

šwt

Related terms

• šw (“sunshade, protection”)

Noun

 f

1. feather
   • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 14–15:

     …

     ꜣst ꜣḫt […] jrt šwt m šwwt.s sḫprt ṯꜣw m ḏnḥwj.s

     capable Isis […] who made shade with her feathers, who brought about breath with her wings

Inflection

Declension of šwt (feminine)

singular	šwt
dual	šwtj
plural	šwwt

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 423.10–425.14, 432.6–433.10
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, pages 262–263
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 81.