ꜥrrwt

ꜥrrwt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑːrɛruːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: arerut

Noun

 f

1. gate
   • c. 1401 BCE, Amduat of Amenhotep II (tomb of Amenhotep II, KV35) First Hour, closing text, line 1:

     ꜥḥꜥ jn ḥm n(j) nṯr pn m ḫt ḥtp.f r ꜥrr(w)t tn
     wḏ mdw n nn nṯrw jm(j)w.s
     wn n.j sbꜣw.ṯn
     snš n.j ꜥrrwyt.ṯn

     Halting by the majesty of this god (Ra) after he comes to rest at this gateway.
     Commanding to these gods who are in it:
     Open your doors to me!
     Unstop your gates for me!

2. doorleaf
3. hall of administration or judgement

Inflection

Declension of ꜥrrwt (feminine)

singular	ꜥrrwt
dual	ꜥrrwtj
plural	ꜥrrwyt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥrrwt  

ꜥrrt	ꜥrrwt	ꜥrryt	ꜥrrt	ꜥrrwt
		[Middle Kingdom]

With single r:

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥrrwt  

ꜥrwt	ꜥrwy	ꜥryt	ꜥrt	ꜥrꜥyt	ꜥrwt
	[Old Kingdom]	[Middle Kingdom]	[Middle Kingdom]	[18th–19th Dynasty]	[Greco-Roman Period]

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, ISBN 3050022647, page 209.1–209.14, 210.12–210.17, 211.8–211.14
• Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, ISBN 0-900416-32-7, page 45
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-51796-6, page 458.