rwḏt

Egyptian

Etymology

rwḏ (“to be firm”) +‎ -t. As ‘sandstone’, a shortening of the full phrase jnr ḥḏ nfr n rwḏt (literally “fine white stone of hard rock”); sandstone, despite being relatively soft as far as rocks go, is often harder than limestone, the other principal stone used by the Egyptians for building.

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈɾawcʼit/ → /ˈɾawtʼiʔ/ → /ˈɾawtʼa/ → /ˈɾawtʼə/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ruːd͡ʒɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: rudjet

Noun

f

hard stone in general
sandstone
Synonyms: jnr ḥḏ nfr n rwḏt, jnr ḥḏ mnḫ n rwḏt

Inflection

Declension of rwḏt (feminine)

singular	rwḏt
dual	rwḏtj
plural	rwḏwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of rwḏt

rwdt

rwḏ

[Middle to New Kingdom]

[New Kingdom]

Derived terms

Descendants

Sahidic Coptic: ⲣⲁⲟⲩⲧⲉ (raoute)

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 412.14–413.2
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 148
Harrell, James A. (2012) “Building Stones” in the UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology, version 1(1), page 1–2.
Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 179

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