nwyt

Egyptian

Etymology

From nwy (“water”) +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nuːiːt/
- Conventional anglicization: nuyt

Noun

f

wave or swell of water
- c. 2000–1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115), lines 34–36:
  
  fꜣ.t(w) ṯꜣw jr.f wḥmyt nwyt jm.f nt ḫmnw mḥ
  The wind was lifted again and again (literally, “lifted, it making repetition”), with a wave in it of eight cubits.

Inflection

Declension of nwyt (feminine)

singular	nwyt
dual	nwytj
plural	nwywt

References

Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 113

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