mswt

Egyptian

Etymology

msj (“to birth”) +‎ -w +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

Noun

 f

  1. birthing, the process of childbearing
  2. birth (of someone)

Inflection
Declension of mswt (feminine)
singular mswt
dual mswtj
plural mswwt

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mswt  
mswt
[Old Kingdom]

Derived terms

References
  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 140.16–141.13
  • Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 117
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