jzwt

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /izuːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: izut

Etymology 1

Noun

 f

1. work-gang, team or crew of workers [since the Old Kingdom]
2. crew of a boat, especially the solar barque [since the Old Kingdom]
   • c. 2000–1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115), lines 7–8:

     jzwt.n jj.t(j) ꜥd.t(j) nn nhw n mšꜥ.n

     Our crew has come (back) intact, without loss to our expedition.

3. troop, band, or company of soldiers [since the New Kingdom]
4. entourage or following of a king or god [Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection

Declension of jzwt (feminine)

singular	jzwt
dual	jzwtj
plural	jzwwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jzwt  

jzwt	jzwt	jzwt	jzyt	jzyt	jzyt
[Old Kingdom]	[Middle Kingdom]	[New Kingdom]	[Late Period]	[Greco-Roman Period]	[Greco-Roman Period]
	in papyri

Derived terms

• ꜥꜣ n jzwt
• rmṯ jzwt

Etymology 2

From jz (“old, ancient”) +‎ -wt.

Noun

 f

1. ancient times, antiquity, yore

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jzwt  

jswt

References

• Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 223
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 136
• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926-1961), “ı͗s·t”, in Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 127.11–127.17
• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926-1961), “ı͗sw·t”, in Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 128.10–128.13