bꜣt

bꜣt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈbaːʀat/ → /ˈbaːʀaʔ/ → /ˈβoːʔə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈbaːʀat/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈbaːʀaʔ/
• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈβoːʔə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /bɑt/
  • Conventional anglicization: bat

Noun

 f

1. bush
2. small bundle, wisp (of plants)

Inflection

Declension of bꜣt (feminine)

singular	bꜣt
dual	bꜣtj
plural	bꜣwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of bꜣt  

bꜣt

Descendants

• Demotic: b
  • Akhmimic Coptic: ⲃⲟⲩ (bou)
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲃⲱ (bō)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲃⲱ (bō)

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 416.5–416.10
• Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 77