〈ⲉⲣ ⲕⲁⲕⲉ〉 er kake ‘to be eclipsed’
〈—〉 ꜥm ‘to swallow’
〈AN.GE6〉 attalû ‘eclipse’
〈defectio〉 ‘eclipse’
〈ἔκλειψις〉 ekleipsis ‘eclipse’
ꜣbꜣ.t
Egyptian noun
Last edited: 2024-05-05| Primary meaning | eclipse |
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| Literal translation | darkening, confusion |
| Variants | ⲉⲃⲏ Coptic ꜥb.t ꜣb.t biꜣ(.t) |
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darkening noun
eclipse astronomical event
Eclipse in conjunction with the Sun and the Moon
ḥm-nṯr spd.t ỉmy-r(ꜣ) mšꜥ n ỉꜥḥ wꜥb n p(ꜣ) 5 sw ꜥnḫ.w nth rḫ pꜣ wš n ỉr ꜥb n rꜥ ỉꜥḥ
‘Prophet of Sothis, overseer of the moon's movement, priest of the 5 living stars, who knows the time of obscuration of the sun and the moon.’
rḫ ḫd(.t) ḫnt n ỉtn šsr bỉꜣ.w=f ḥnꜥ dỉ.t-r(ꜣ)=sn dỉ(.w) ḫp(r) ḏd=f ḫpr.n=sn ỉy nw=sn
‘The one who knows the sun's northward and southward migration, the one who announces its eclipses together with its statements, which generates what he has said is what has came to pass, coming (in) its (correct) time’
APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2024). ꜣbꜣ.t (Lemma #169). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/169/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2024). ꜣbꜣ.t (Lemma #169). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/169/
MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2024). ꜣbꜣ.t (Lemma #169). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/169/
Harvard
Winkler, A. (2024) ꜣbꜣ.t (Lemma #169), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/169/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac169,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Winkler, Andreas},
year = {2024},
title = {ꜣbꜣ.t ({Lemma} #169)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/169/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/169/},
}