dwꜣt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Noun

dwAt
dwAt

 f

  1. The Duat, the Egyptian afterworld [since the Pyramid Texts]
    1. In early conceptions, the region in the eastern sky where the sun and stars rise, which serves as the abode of the dead king
    2. Later, the region underneath the earth through which the sun passes at night, in which Osiris and the dead dwell
  2. The underworld of a city as a place of dead gods [Late Period]
  3. Epithet for the grave [since the New Kingdom]
  4. Epithet for the crypt in the Temple of Dendera [Greco-Roman Period]

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Coptic: ⲧⲏ (tē)

Proper Noun

d
wA		 t
H8

 f

  1. a hippopotamus goddess personifying the afterworld [Greco-Roman Period]

Noun

dwA
t		 A30

 f

  1. praise, adoration, worship [New Kingdom]

Inflection

Noun

d
wA		 dwA
t

 f

  1. adoratrice [Old Kingdom, New Kingdom, Greco-Roman Period]

Alternative forms

Inflection

Noun

dwAt
Z1		 M2
Z2

 f

  1. (medicine) a type of officinal plant

Inflection

Noun

dwAdwA
t

 f

  1. Used in the phrase
    pr
    Z1    		 dwAdwA
    t    		 pr
    pr dwꜣt (“‘House of Morning’, a place of purification”)     [since the Old Kingdom]
  2. Used in the phrase
    Hr
    r    		 sS
    t U30    		 npr
    Z1    		 dwAdwA t
    pr
    , referring to a royal cloakroom official     [since the Old Kingdom]

References

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