zt-ḥmt

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Egyptian

Etymology

zt (“woman”) +‎ ḥmt (“woman”). This compound arose because the feminine ending -t in zt eventually became silent, making zt homophonous with z (“man”), so that it became necessary to add ḥmt to clarify.

Pronunciation

 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˌzutˈħiːmat/ → /ˌsuʔˈħiːmaʔ/ → /səˈħiːma/ → /səˈħiːmə/

Noun

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  1. woman

Inflection

Declension of zt-ḥmt (feminine)
singular zt-ḥmt
dual ztj-ḥmtj
plural zwt-ḥmwt

Descendants

References

  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 344.
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