dpt

See also:DPTandD.P.T.

Egyptian

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FWOTD – 26 March 2014

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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(reconstructed)IPA^(key):/ˈtʼVːput/ →/ˈtʼVːpuʔ/ →/ˈtʼVːpa/ →/ˈtʼVːpə/

(Old Egyptian, c. 2500BCE)IPA^(key):/ˈtʼVːput/^[1]
where V represents an unknown short vowel.
(Middle Egyptian, c. 1700BCE)IPA^(key):/ˈtʼVːpuʔ/
where V represents an unknown short vowel.
(Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350BCE)IPA^(key):/ˈtʼVːpa/
(latest Late Egyptian, c. 800BCE)IPA^(key):/ˈtʼVːpə/

(modern Egyptological)IPA^(key):/dɛpɛt/
- Conventional anglicization:depet

Noun

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ship,boat
- c. 2000BCE – 1900BCE,Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 24–28:
  
  hꜣ.kw r wꜣḏ-wr mdpt nt št-mḏwtj mḥ m ꜣw.s ḥmw mḥ m sḫw.s št-mḏwtj sqd jm.s m stp n(j) kmt
  I had gone down to the sea in aboat of a hundred twenty cubits in length and forty cubits in breadth, with a hundred twenty sailors in it of the choice of Egypt.
- c. 1859BCE – 1840BCE,The Eloquent Peasant, version B1 (pAmherst 1 and pBerlin 3023) lines 221–222:^[2]
  
  […] mjdpt nn sḫry jm.s […]
  […] like aship without a captain […]
- c. 1859BCE – 1800BCE,The Eloquent Peasant, version B2 (pAmherst 2 and pBerlin 3025) lines 101–103:
  
  jr sqdd ẖr.f nj sꜣḥ.n.f tꜣ nj mjn.ndpwt.f r dmj.s
  As for him who sails with it, he cannot set foot on land, and hisboat cannot moor at its harbor.

Inflection

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Declension ofdpt (feminine u-stem)
singular	dpt
dual	dptj
plural	dpwt

Alternative forms

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Alternative hieroglyphic writings ofdpt

dpwt

Etymology 2

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Fromdp(“to taste”) +‎-t.

Pronunciation

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(reconstructed)IPA^(key):/ˈtʼiːpVt/ →/ˈtʼiːpVʔ/ →/ˈtʼiːpa/ →/ˈtʼiːpə/

(Old Egyptian, c. 2500BCE)IPA^(key):/ˈtʼiːpVt/
where V represents an unknown short vowel.
(Middle Egyptian, c. 1700BCE)IPA^(key):/ˈtʼiːpVʔ/
where V represents an unknown short vowel.
(Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350BCE)IPA^(key):/ˈtʼiːpa/
(latest Late Egyptian, c. 800BCE)IPA^(key):/ˈtʼiːpə/

(modern Egyptological)IPA^(key):/dɛpɛt/
- Conventional anglicization:depet

Noun

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taste(sensations produced by thetongue)
- c. 1859BCE – 1840BCE,The Story of Sinuhe, version B (pBerlin 3022 and pAmherst n-q) line 23:^[3]
  
  […] ḏd.n.jdpt mwt nn […]
  […] I said “this is thetaste of death.” […]
(figuratively)experience

Inflection

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Declension ofdpt (feminine)
singular	dpt
dual	dptj
plural	dpwt

Descendants

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Akhmimic Coptic:ϯⲡⲉ(tipe)
Bohairic Coptic:ϯⲡⲓ(tipi)
Fayyumic Coptic:ϯⲡⲓ(tipi)
Lycopolitan Coptic:ϯⲡⲉ(tipe)
Sahidic Coptic:ϯⲡⲉ(tipe)

Etymology 3

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Possibly related todpt(“taste”); see above.

Pronunciation

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(modern Egyptological)IPA^(key):/dɛpɛt/
- Conventional anglicization:depet

Noun

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(usually in the dual)a kind ofbaked goods

Inflection

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Declension ofdpt (feminine)
singular	dpt
dual	dptj
plural	dpwt

Alternative forms

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Alternative hieroglyphic writings ofdpt

dpt

[Middle Kingdom]

Etymology 4

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Pronunciation

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(reconstructed)IPA^(key):/ˈtʼiːpVt/ →/ˈtʼiːpVʔ/ →/ˈtʼiːpa/ →/ˈtʼiːpə/

(Old Egyptian, c. 2500BCE)IPA^(key):/ˈtʼiːpVt/
where V represents an unknown short vowel.
(Middle Egyptian, c. 1700BCE)IPA^(key):/ˈtʼiːpVʔ/
where V represents an unknown short vowel.
(Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350BCE)IPA^(key):/ˈtʼiːpa/
(latest Late Egyptian, c. 800BCE)IPA^(key):/ˈtʼiːpə/

(modern Egyptological)IPA^(key):/dɛpɛt/
- Conventional anglicization:depet

Noun

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(originally in medical papyri)an edible doubled body part; conventionally rendered asloins, but possibly also thekidneys

Inflection

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Declension ofdpt (feminine)
singular	dpt
dual	dptj
plural	dpwt

Alternative forms

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Alternative hieroglyphic writings ofdpt

dpt

[Late Egyptian]

[Greco-Roman Period]

Descendants

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Akhmimic Coptic:ϯⲡⲉ(tipe)
Bohairic Coptic:ϯⲡⲓ(tipi)
Fayyumic Coptic:ϯⲡⲓ(tipi)
Lycopolitan Coptic:ϯⲡⲉ(tipe)
Sahidic Coptic:ϯⲡⲉ(tipe)

References

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Erman, Adolf,Grapow, Hermann (1931)Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag,→ISBN,pages444.16–445.9, 445.13–445.16, 446.1–446.16, 447.6–447.11
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962)A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute,→ISBN,page312
Lesko, Leonard, Lesko, Barbara (2002)A Dictionary of Late Egyptian, second edition, Providence: B.C. Scribe Publications,→ISBN
Hoch, James (1997)Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications,→ISBN,page55

^Loprieno, Antonio (1995)Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,→ISBN,page58
^Allen, James Peter (2015)Middle Egyptian Literature: Eight Literary Works of the Middle Kingdom, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,→ISBN, page283
^Allen, James Peter (2015)Middle Egyptian Literature: Eight Literary Works of the Middle Kingdom, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,→ISBN, pages71–72