mrḥ

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Egyptian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

U7
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HnDs

 3-lit.

  1. (intransitive, of buildings and tools) to fall to ruin, to decay
  2. (intransitive, of one’s ba or corpse, usually negated) to perish, to die
  3. (intransitive, of plans, words, festivals, etc., usually negated) to come to nought, to perish, to be erased
Usage notes

Often found used in parallel with skj (to perish).

Inflection
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Apparently a back-formation from mrḥt (oil, fat); compare the older verb wrḥ (to anoint), from which mrḥt itself may originally derive.

Pronunciation

Verb

U7
r
HW22

 3-lit.

  1. (transitive) to anoint
  2. (transitive, with m) to coat or provide (a clay figurine) with (enamel)
  3. (transitive) to lacquer (wood)
Inflection

Etymology 3

Based on the form of the Coptic descendants, apparently the same word as mrḥt (oil, fat) in origin; with the loss of syllable-final -t, the originally-feminine word was reanalyzed as a masculine noun when used in the sense of ‘asphalt’.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

U7
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HN33C
Z2ss

 m

  1. asphalt
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