ẖt

See also: .ht, ht, hT, HT, ḫt, and ␉

Egyptian

Noun

feminine

1. abdomen, belly
2. location of mind and life-force
3. body
4. womb
   1. (by extension) birth
   2. child, progeny
5. inner section of a building
6. copy or summary of a document
7. matter, stuff, material

Usage notes

Alternative hieroglyphic writings

ẖt	ẖt

Inflection

Declension
sing.	ẖt
dual	ẖtwj
plural	ẖwt

Derived terms

• ẖt.f: evening, p.m.
• ẖtj: string of an amulet.

Descendants

• Coptic: ϩⲏ

Noun

feminine

1. group of people, generation

(cf. English : "a body of people")

Usage notes

Alternative hieroglyphic writings

ẖt

Inflection

Declension
sing.	ẖt
dual	ẖtwj
plural	ẖwt

Noun

feminine

1. building material

Inflection

Declension
sing.	ẖt
dual	ẖtwj
plural	ẖwt

References

Erman & Grapow, Worterbuch der aegyptischen sprache
Faulkner, A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian