mꜣt
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See also: mꜣṯ
Egyptian
Etymology
mꜣj (“lion”) + -t (feminine ending).
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /maˈʀiːjat/ → /maˈʀiːjaʔ/ → /məˈjeːʔa/ → /məˈjeːʔə/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /mɑt/
- Conventional anglicization: mat
Noun
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Inflection
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mꜣt
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Descendants
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.
- ^ Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 109