mḥyt

mḥyt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /maˈħiːjVt/ → /maˈħiːjVʔ/ → /məˈħeːʔəʔ/ → /məˈħeːʔ/[1]

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /maˈħiːjVt/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /maˈħiːjVʔ/

where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Medio-Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /məˈħeːʔəʔ/
• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /məˈħeːʔ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛħiːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: mehyt

Noun

 f

1. north wind

Inflection

Declension of mḥyt (feminine)

singular	mḥyt
dual	mḥytj
plural	mḥywt

Related terms

• mḥt
• mḥtj
• mḥtt

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /maˈħuːjVt/ → /maˈħuːjVʔ/ → /məˈħuːʔəʔ/ → /məˈħeːʔ/[1]

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /maˈħuːjVt/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /maˈħuːjVʔ/

where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Medio-Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /məˈħuːʔəʔ/
• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /məˈħeːʔ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛħiːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: mehyt

Proper noun

 f

1. the goddess Mehyt

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 121.
• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 125.6–125.8, 127.7–127.9

1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 39