-wt

See also: wt and wt.

Egyptian

Etymology 1

-w (“plural suffix”) + -t (“feminine ending”).

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /wat/ → /waʔ/ → /wə/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /uːt/
- Conventional anglicization: -ut

Suffix

Used to form feminine plural forms of nouns and adjectives

Usage notes

While generally written as simply -t

, that this suffix represented -wt is proven by both the Coptic evidence and occasional hieroglyphic writings.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of -wt

t

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /wat/ → /waʔ/ → /wə/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /uːt/
- Conventional anglicization: -ut

Suffix

Forms masculine collective nouns.
sbꜣ (“star”) → sbꜣwt (“constellation”)

Etymology 3

Suffix

Forms the complementary infinitive of weak verbs.

Usage notes

Weak verbs can alternatively take the endings -t or -yt to form the complementary infinitive.

References

Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 59–63
Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN

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