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Akhet

Akhet noun: the region in the sky in which the sun tarries just before it rises or after it sets.

Noun

Akhet (plural Akhets)

  1. The region in the sky in which the sun tarries just before it rises or after it sets.
    • The concept of the Akhet was a practical explanation of why light fades gradually after sunset and appears gradually before sunrise, instead of disappearing and reappearing with the sun all at once.2000, James P. Allen, Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, page 21
    • Within the tomb, indeed within the coffin, the ‘house of life’, the deceased lay facing the east and the world of the living, the Akhet, and the rising sun.2006, Peter Robinson, “The Locational Significance of Scatological References in the Coffin Texts”, in Current Research in Egyptology 2006: Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Symposium, page 147

Proper noun

Akhet

  1. One of the three seasons of Ancient Egypt, coming after Shemu and before Peret; Inundation.
    • As Janssen noted, the information covering the first five days of III akhet is not quite the same in both ostraca.2003, Koen Donker Van Heel, B. J. J Häring, Writing in a Workmen's Village: Scribal Practice in Ramesside Deir El-Medina
    • The lunar month in question would have started on II Akhet 17.2003, The synchronisation of civilisations in the Eastern Mediterranean in the second millennium B.C. II: proceedings of the SCIEM 2000—EuroConference Haindorf, 2nd of May-7th of May 2001

Examples of Akhet in a sentence

  • The sky’s two reedfloats have been set by the Dayboat for the Sun, that the Sun might cross on them to where Horus of the Akhet is, to the Akhet.2007, trans. James P. Allen, The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts, p.221
  • I mean it’s the time of the year — Akhet.2009, Terry Deary, Egyptian Tales: The Plot on the Pyramid, page 5:
  • Favorite dates were the first month of the akhet season and the third month of the peret season.2013, Koenraad Donker van Heel, Djekhy & Son: Doing Business in Ancient Egypt:

Forms of Akhet

pluralAkhets

Origin of Akhet

Borrowed from Egyptian ꜣḫt, Ax-x*t:N18.

Borrowed from Egyptian ꜣḫt, A-M8-x:t.

Questions about Akhet

What does Akhet mean?
Akhet means the region in the sky in which the sun tarries just before it rises or after it sets.
How do you use Akhet in a sentence?
The sky’s two reedfloats have been set by the Dayboat for the Sun, that the Sun might cross on them to where Horus of the Akhet is, to the Akhet.
What part of speech is Akhet?
Akhet can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Akhet?
The plural of Akhet is Akhets.

Words near Akhet in the dictionary

  1. Akhaury
  2. Akhbari
  3. Akhbarism
  4. Akheloos
  5. Akhenaten
  6. Akhet
  7. Akhetaten
  8. Akhets
  9. akhi
  10. Akhil
  11. Akhilles

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