msdmt
Egyptian
Etymology
Derived from sdm (“to put on makeup”).
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /mɛsdɛmɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: mesdemet
Noun
f
- a black mineral pigment used as eye makeup and medicinally prescribed for eye disease; mesdemet
- a black pigment used for painting small images of gods [New Kingdom, Greco-Roman Period]
Inflection
Declension of msdmt (feminine)
singular | msdmt |
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dual | msdmtj |
plural | msdmwt |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic forms of the phonetic component of msdmt
msdt | msdt | msdmt | msdmt | msdmt | msḏmt | msdmt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[Old Kingdom] | [Old Kingdom] | [Old Kingdom] | [Old Kingdom] | [since the Middle Kingdom] | [since the Middle Kingdom] | [New Kingdom] |
Alternative determinatives of msdmt
also used as an abbreviation for the word |
Descendants
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲉⲥⲑⲏⲙ (esthēm)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲧⲏⲙ (stēm)
- → Ancient Greek: στίμμι (stímmi), στίβι (stíbi)
- → Latin: stibium
- → English: stibium, stibnite
- → Latin: stibium
- → Ancient Greek: στίμμι (stímmi), στίβι (stíbi)
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN