ḥr ( “ upon, atop ” ) + -t ( feminine nisba ending ) , thus ‘(the one) being atop’. Some early writings of the sense ‘sky’ use determinatives that perhaps instead suggest a connection with the verb ḥrj ( “ to be distant ” ) .
f feminine singular of ḥrj
Declension of
ḥrt (
nisba adjective)
masculine
feminine
singular
ḥrj ḥrt
dual
ḥrjwj , ḥrwj ḥrtj
plural
ḥrjw , ḥrw ḥrwt 1 , ḥrt 2
Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun.
From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural.
f
sky [since the Pyramid Texts]
Synonyms: pt nwt sky as the dwelling-place of gods and the dead king ( figuratively , with following genitive) temple , earthly dwelling-place (of a god ) [Greco-Roman Period] temple roof [Greco-Roman Period] upper side , upper surface [Medical papyri] In the Late Period this word is often found in the dual with unchanged meaning.
Declension of ḥrt (feminine)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥrt
ḥrt ḥrt ḥrt ḥrt ḥrt ḥrj ḥrj
[Old Kingdom]
[Old Kingdom]
[Old Kingdom]
[since the Middle Kingdom]
[since the Middle Kingdom]
[since the end of the New Kingdom]
[since the end of the New Kingdom]
f
(female ) supervisor , boss (+ genitive: of (wet nurses , harem women, a household , etc.)) [since the Middle Kingdom]
epithet for the queen [18th Dynasty] epithet for the goddess Isis [Greco-Roman Period]
Declension of ḥrt (feminine)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥrt
ḥrt
[since the Middle Kingdom]
f
inundation of the Nile [Greco-Roman Period] water in general [Greco-Roman Period]
Declension of ḥrt (feminine)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥrt
f
rock -cut tomb [since the Middle Kingdom]
Synonyms: jz ḥꜣt mꜥḥꜥt particularly, one of the rock-cut royal tombs of the New Kingdom , such as those at the Valley of the Kings [since the New Kingdom]
necropolis (of a particular city ) [since the Middle Kingdom] afterworld , realm of the dead [Theban royal tombs]
Declension of ḥrt (feminine)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥrt
ḥrt ḥrt ḥrt ḥrt ḥrtt ḥrtt ḥrt ḥrj
[New Kingdom]
[New Kingdom]
[19th Dynasty]
[Late Period]
[Greco-Roman Period]
[Greco-Roman Period]
[Greco-Roman Period]
ḥr ( “ Horus ” ) + -t ( feminine suffix ) .
f
female Horus , Horus -goddess , Horet epithet for Isis or Hathor conventional term introducing the serekh name of female pharaohs
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥrt
ḥrt ḥrt ḥrt ḥrt
as a term introducing the serekh name
as a term introducing the serekh name
f
( rare ) road , path , specifically one by land as opposed to water [since the Pyramid Texts]
Declension of ḥrt (feminine)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥrt
ḥrt ḥrt ḥrj
[Old Kingdom]
[Old Kingdom]
[Greco-Roman Period]
Traditionally linked as a descendant, but rejected as such by Černý:
> ? Coptic: ϩⲓⲏ ( hiē ) , ( plural ) ϩⲓⲟⲟⲩⲉ ( hiooue ) “ḥr.t (lemma ID 107670) ”, “ḥr.t (lemma ID 107680) ”, “ḥr.t (lemma ID 107630) ”, “ḥr.jt (lemma ID 108380) ”, “ḥr.t (lemma ID 107650) ”, “ḥr.t (lemma ID 107640) ”, “Ḥr.wt (lemma ID 107610) ”, and “ḥr.t (lemma ID 107660) Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae [1] 2004–26 July 2023 Erman, Adolf , Grapow, Hermann (1929 ) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache [2] →ISBN pages 124.10–125.3, 142.3–142.7, 143.9–143.10, 143.13–143.19, 144.2–144.6, 144.8–144.18 Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962 ) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian , Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN page 175 Leitz, Christian , Budde, Dagmar, Dils, Peter, Goldbrunner, Lothar, Mendel, Daniela (2002 ) Christian Leitz, editor, Lexikon der ägyptischen Götter und Götterbezeichnungen , volumes 5: ḥ–ḫ , Leuven: Peeters, pages 297–298 James P[eter] Allen (2010 ) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs , 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN page 35 
