rwt

== Egyptian == === Pronunciation === (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ruːt/ Conventional anglicization: rut === Etymology 1 === From rwj (“to get away, to leave”) +‎ -t. For the semantic development, compare Latin forīs (“door; outside”). ==== Noun ==== f (in the singular or plural) door, gate (of a temple, a tomb, the sky, etc.) [since the Pyramid Texts] (in the dual) double doors (to a palace or temple) (usually in the dual) outside, outdoors [since the Old Kingdom] Antonym: ẖnw ― ꜥq m rwt ― to come in from outside ===== Inflection ===== ===== Alternative forms ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Noun ==== f false door [Old Kingdom] ===== Inflection ===== ===== Alternative forms ===== === Etymology 2 === From rwj (“to dance”) +‎ -t. ==== Noun ==== f dance palpitation (of the heart) [Medical Papyri] ― rwt nt ḥꜣtj ― palpitation of the heart ===== Inflection ===== ===== Alternative forms ===== === References === “rw.t (lemma ID 93420)”, “rw.t (lemma ID 93440)”, and “rw.t (lemma ID 93450)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎[1], Corpus issue 20, Web app version 2.5.0, ed. by Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning […] and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils […], 2004–23 April 2026 Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928), Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎[2], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 403.13–404.11, 407.5–407.6 Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962), A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 147 James P[eter] Allen (2010), Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 36.