ⲙⲏⲧⲉ
Coptic
Etymology
From Demotic mtr, mtr.t (“center, middle, public”), from Egyptian mtt (“middle”), apparently an abbreviated writing of mtrt, which is, however, only attested with the related meaning of “midday”.
Noun
ⲙⲏⲧⲉ (mēte) f (plural ⲙⲏⲧⲉ)
- (Sahidic, Akhmimic, Old Coptic) middle, midst
Alternative forms
- ⲙⲏⲏⲧⲉ (mēēte) – Sahidic
- ⲙⲏϯ (mēti) – Bohairic, Fayyumic
References
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 190–191
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 93
- Janet H. Johnson, editor (2001) The Demotic Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, volume M (10:1), Chicago: The University of Chicago, page 283–284
- Hannig, Rainer (1995) Die Sprache der Pharaonen: Großes Handwörterbuch Ägyptisch-Deutsch, page 376a