jꜣt-wꜥbt
Egyptian
Etymology
jꜣt (“mound”) + wꜥbt (feminine of wꜥb (“clean, pure”)), thus literally ‘pure mound’.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /iɑt wɑːbɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: iat-wabet
Noun
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- any one of the many cult sites where a body part of the dismembered Osiris was claimed to be buried, most commonly the site on Bigeh
Inflection
Declension of jꜣt-wꜥbt (feminine)
| singular | jꜣt-wꜥbt |
|---|---|
| dual | jꜣtj-wꜥbtj |
| plural | jꜣwt-wꜥbwt |
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 26.14
- Helck, Wolfgang; Otto, Eberhard (1975) Lexikon der Ägyptologie, volume 1: A – Ernte, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 1