mꜣꜥt
Egyptian
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The goddess
, personification of truth and right
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Etymology
An abstract noun formed from mꜣꜥ (“to direct, to be just, to be true”) + -t (“feminine ending”).
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈmuʀʕat/ → /ˈmuʀʕaʔ/ → /ˈmuʔʕəʔ/ → /ˈmøʔʕə/[1]
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /mɑʔɑːt/
- Conventional anglicization: maat
Noun
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- truth
- right action, righteousness, virtue
- blamelessness, innocence
- justice, fairness
- right order in the state or cosmos
Inflection
Declension of mꜣꜥt (feminine)
singular | mꜣꜥt |
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dual | mꜣꜥtj |
plural | mꜣꜥwt |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mꜣꜥt
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mꜣꜥt | mꜣꜥt | mꜣꜥt |
Antonyms
- jzft
- grg
Descendants
- Demotic: mꜣꜥt
- Coptic: ⲙⲉ (me) (Sahidic, Old Coptic), ⲙⲉⲉ (mee) (Sahidic), ⲙⲉⲓ (mei) (Bohairic, Fayyumic), ⲙⲏⲓ (mēi) (Bohairic, Fayyumic), ⲙⲉⲉⲓ (meei) (Fayyumic), ⲙⲏⲉ (mēe) (Sahidic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan), ⲙⲓⲉ (mie) (Akhmimic)
Proper noun
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- Maat, the goddess personifying the above concepts
Derived terms
- nfr-mꜣꜥt
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, ISBN 3050022647
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-51796-6.
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, ISBN 0920168124, page 112
- Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-44384-9, page 39, 47