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Egyptian
Etymology 1
Compare Beja mari (“side, direction”). Suffixed with -t (feminine ending). Related to mrj (“to run aground, to strand (a ship)”), but most likely this verb was derived from the noun.
Pronunciation
Noun
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- shore or riverbank with a natural embankment or levee
- a landing place for ships on shore; wharf, quay
- harbor
Inflection
Declension of mryt (feminine)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mryt
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Černý considers this a variant of mrw (“desert”) rather than mryt.
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Descendants
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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- a female given name, Meryt
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 109.3, 109.12–110.3
- Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 410, →ISBN
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 88
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 83