mꜣt

See also: mꜣṯ

Egyptian

Etymology

mꜣj (“lion”) +‎ -t (feminine ending).

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /maˈʀiːjat/ → /maˈʀiːjaʔ/ → /məˈjeːʔa/ → /məˈjeːʔə/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɑt/
- Conventional anglicization: mat

Noun

f

lioness

Inflection

Declension of mꜣt (feminine)

singular	mꜣt
dual	mꜣtj
plural	mꜣwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mꜣt

mꜣt

Descendants

Bohairic Coptic: ⲙⲓⲏ (miē), ⲙⲟⲩⲓⲏ (mouiē), ⲙⲩⲏ (muē), ⲙⲓⲉ (mie)

References

Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 101
James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 334.

Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 109

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