m-jr-djt
Egyptian
Etymology
m-jr (negative imperative auxiliary) + djt (infinitive of rḏj (“to give”)).
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɛm ir dit/
- Conventional anglicization: em-ir-dit
Verb
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compound
- (Late Egyptian, with following subjunctive) don’t let …, don’t make…; forms the negative causative imperative
- Synonym: m-dyt
Descendants
Compounded with following jr:
- ⇒ Coptic: ⲙ̄ⲡⲣ̄ⲧⲣⲉ- (m̄pr̄tre-)
References
- Junge, Friedrich (2005) Late Egyptian Grammar: An Introduction, second English edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, page 80, 146–148