mryt
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /maˈɾaːjat/ → /maˈɾaːjaʔ/ → /məˈɾoːʔə/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /mɛriːt/
- Conventional anglicization: meryt
Etymology 1
Compare Beja mari (“side, direction”). Suffixed with -t (feminine ending). Related to mrj (“to run aground, to strand (a ship)”), but most likely this verb was derived from the noun.
Noun
f
Inflection
Declension of mryt (feminine)
singular | mryt |
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dual | mrytj |
plural | mrywt |
Alternative forms
Descendants
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 109.3, 109.12–110.3
- Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 410
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 88
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 83
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