mꜣṯ

mꜣṯ

See also: mꜣt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɑt͡ʃ/
  • Conventional anglicization: matj

Noun

 m, f

1. granite [since the Old Kingdom]

Usage notes

This word was originally masculine. During the New Kingdom, following a sound change of ṯ to t, this word instead came to be interpreted as a feminine noun with the feminine ending -t.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mꜣṯ  

mꜣṯ	mꜣt
	[New Kingdom]

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 34.3–34.16
• Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 103