lightland

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of Akhet (the region in the sky in which the sun tarries just before it rises or after it sets) uncountable
    — Appearing on his father’s throne, Like Re when he rises in lightland, He places light above the darkness, He lights the shade with his plumes.

词源

Calque of German Lichtland, itself intended as a rough calque of Egyptian Ax-x*t:N18 (ꜣḫt), on the assumption that it relates to Ax-x:H_SPACE (ꜣḫ, “to be(come) splendid, radiant, glorious”). Apparently first used in English by Miriam Lichtheim (3 May 1914 – 27 March 2004).
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