Egyptian
Pronunciation
Noun
m or f
- granite [since the Old Kingdom]
Usage notes
This word was originally masculine. During the New Kingdom, following a sound change of ṯ to t, this word instead came to be interpreted as a feminine noun with the feminine ending -t.
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mꜣṯ
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928), Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 34.3–34.16
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962), A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 103