mꜣqt
Egyptian
Etymology
m- (noun-forming prefix) + jꜣq (“to climb up”) + -t (feminine ending).[1]
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /majˈʀaːqʼit/ → /majˈʀaːqʼiʔ/ → /məˈʔaːqʼaʔ/ → /ˈmoːqʼə/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /mɑkɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: maqet
Noun
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Inflection
Declension of mꜣqt (feminine)
singular | mꜣqt |
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dual | mꜣqtj |
plural | mꜣqwt |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mꜣqt
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mꜣqt | mꜣqt | mꜣqt | mꜥqt | mꜣqt | mꜣqt |
Descendants
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲙⲟⲩⲕⲓ (mouki)
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 33.6–33.7
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 103
- van der Molen, Rami (2000) A Hieroglyphic Dictionary of Egyptian Coffin Texts, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 158
- Gundacker, Roman (2011) “On the Etymology of the Egyptian Crown Name mrsw.t*: An “Irregular” Subgroup of m-Prefix Formations” in Lingua Aegyptia, volume 19, page 43