ḥꜣtj

Egyptian

Etymology

From ḥꜣt (“front”) +‎ -j (nisba ending).

The noun is simply a nominalized use of this nisba adjective, thus literally ‘the frontal (organ)’. Some have instead suggested an Indo-European source for the noun. Compare Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.

Pronunciation
 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ħuˈʀiːtij/ → /ħuˈʀiːtij/ → /ħeːt/

Adjective

  1. frontal
  2. (Late Egyptian) first

Inflection
Declension of ḥꜣtj (nisba adjective)
masculine feminine
singular ḥꜣtj
 ḥꜣtt
dual ḥꜣtjwj, ḥꜣtwj
 ḥꜣttj
plural ḥꜣtjw, ḥꜣtw
 ḥꜣtwt1, ḥꜣtt2
  1. Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun.
  2. From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural.
    In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.

Derived terms

Noun

 m

  1. heart
  2. mind, where thought and emotions are experienced
  3. (by extension) a jewel

Usage notes

Moreso than jb, this word is used to refer to the heart as a physical organ; however, the two are often interchangeable.

Inflection
Declension of ḥꜣtj (masculine)
singular ḥꜣtj
dual ḥꜣtjwj
plural ḥꜣtjw

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥꜣtj  

ḥꜣtj ḥꜣt

Synonyms
  • (heart, mind): jb

Derived terms
  • jwtj ḥꜣtj (“foolishly, sadly (with one's heart)”)
  • rḏj ḥꜣtj m sꜣ (“to worry oneself about... (to put one's heart to the back)”)
  • ḥꜣtjw (“thoughts”)
  • ḥꜣtj n bjꜣ (“tireless (heart of bronze)”)

Descendants

References
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.
  1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
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