mꜣt

See also: mꜣṯ

Egyptian

Etymology

mꜣj (“lion”) +‎ -t (feminine ending).

Pronunciation

 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /maˈʀiːjat/ → /maˈʀiːjaʔ/ → /məˈjeːʔa/ → /məˈjeːʔə/

Noun
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  1. lioness

Inflection

Declension of mꜣt (feminine)
singular mꜣt
dual mꜣtj
plural mꜣwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mꜣt  
mꜣt

Descendants

  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲙⲓⲏ (miē), ⲙⲟⲩⲓⲏ (mouiē), ⲙⲩⲏ (muē), ⲙⲓⲉ (mie)

References

  • Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962), A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 101
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010), Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 334.
  1. ^ Vycichl, Werner (1983), Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 109
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