pḏt

pḏt

See also: pdt, PDT, and pDt

Egyptian

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Afroasiatic *pVg-.[1] Equivalent to pḏ (“to stretch”) +‎ -t (feminine suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈpiːcʼat/ → /ˈpiːtʼaʔ/ → /ˈpiːtʼə/[2]

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈpiːcʼat/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈpiːtʼaʔ/
• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈpiːtʼə/; compare the Akkadian transcription 𒉿𒋫 (pi-ta)

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /pɛd͡ʒɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: pedjet

Noun

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1. bow (weapon)

Inflection

Declension of pḏt (feminine)

singular	pḏt
dual	pḏtj
plural	pḏwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of pḏt  

pḏt	pḏt

Derived terms

• jrj-pḏt
• psḏt pḏt
• pḏtj
• ḥrj-pḏt

 

Descendants

• Demotic: ptyt
  • Coptic: ⲡⲓⲧⲉ (pite) (Sahidic, Akhmimic), ⲫⲓϯ (phiti) (Bohairic)

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 99.

1. Orel, Vladimir E.; Stolbova, Olga V. (1995), “*pVg-”, in Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
2. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 38, 57