wrmt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛrmɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: wermet

Etymology 1

From Proto-Afroasiatic *wurVm-. Possibly related to wrm (“flood, heigh point of inundation”).

Noun

 f

1. (often in the plural) awning, roof
   • c. 24–23th century B.C.E., Pyramid of King Pepi I, western wall of the corridor hall, Pyramid Text spell 690

     hꜣ ppj pw sḫt.n ḥr zḥ.k ḥr tp.k pšš.n stš wrmwt.k

     O Pepi, Horus has woven his booth upon your head, Seth has spread your roof.

2. roof garden, arbour
3. crenellation

Inflection

Declension of wrmt (feminine)

singular	wrmt
dual	wrmtj
plural	wrmwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wrmt  

wrmt

Etymology 2

Possibly related to wrm (“to grow, to swell”).

Noun

 f

1. a pair of things hanging from the body (testicles?)

Inflection

Declension of wrmt (feminine)

singular	wrmt
dual	wrmtj
plural	wrmwt

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 333
• Takács Gábor: A new idea on the origin of πῡραμίς 2019