mꜣṯ

See also: mꜣt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɑt͡ʃ/
- Conventional anglicization: matj

Noun

m f

granite [since the Old Kingdom]

Usage notes

This word was originally masculine. During the New Kingdom, following a sound change of ṯ to t, this word instead came to be interpreted as a feminine noun with the feminine ending -t.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mꜣṯ

mꜣṯ

mꜣt

[New Kingdom]

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 34.3–34.16
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 103

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