mskꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

Possibly from a Proto-Afro-Asiatic *masak-. Compare Proto-Semitic *mašk-.

Pronunciation

Noun

 m

  1. animal hide
  2. leather (as a clothing material)

Inflection
Declension of mskꜣ (masculine)
singular mskꜣ
dual mskꜣwj
plural mskꜣw

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mskꜣ  

mskꜣ mskꜣ
[Old Kingdom] [Middle Kingdom]

References
  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, ISBN 3050022647, page 150.3–150.5
  • Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, ISBN 0-900416-32-7, page 118
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