ẖt

See also: ḫt, ht, ␉, HT, hT, .ht, and h/t

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈçuːwat/ → /ˈçuːwaʔ/ → /ˈçeːwə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈçuːwat/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈçuːwaʔ/
• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈçeːwə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /çɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: khet

Noun

 f

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

Inflection

Declension of ẖt (feminine)

singular	ẖt
dual	ẖtj
plural	ẖwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ẖt  

ẖt	ẖt

Derived terms

Terms derived from ẖt

• ẖtj (“string of an amulet”)

• ẖt.f (“evening, p.m.”)

Descendants

• Coptic: ϩⲏ (hē)

Noun

 f

1. group of people or (especially) gods (cf. English: "a body of people")
2. generation

Inflection

Declension of ẖt (feminine)

singular	ẖt
dual	ẖtj
plural	ẖwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ẖt  

ẖt

Derived terms

• smr-ẖt

Noun

 f

1. building material

Inflection

Declension of ẖt (feminine)

singular	ẖt
dual	ẖtj
plural	ẖwt

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926-1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
• Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN