ẖrt-ꜥ

Egyptian

Etymology

ẖrt (“(thing) being under”) +‎ ꜥ (“arm”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /çɛrɛt ɑː/
  • Conventional anglicization: kheret-a

Noun

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1. small wooden box used to hold scrolls and scribal implements

Inflection

Declension of ẖrt-ꜥ (feminine)

singular	ẖrt-ꜥ
dual	ẖrtj-ꜥ
plural	ẖrwt-ꜥ

References

• Junge, Friedrich (2005) Late Egyptian Grammar: An Introduction, second English edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, page 25
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 394.1–394.3