mjzt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mizɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: mizet

Noun

f

liver (of a human or animal)
- c. 1800 BCE, Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus (UC 32057), page 1, line 5:
  
  rḏj.ḫr.k wnm.s mjst nt ꜥꜣ wꜣḏt
  You should have her eat a fresh ass liver.

Inflection

Declension of mjzt (feminine)

singular	mjzt
dual	mjztj
plural	mjzwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mjzt

mzt

[Old Kingdom]

Descendants

Demotic: mws
- Old Coptic: ⲙⲁⲟⲩⲥⲉ (maouse)

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 44.11–44.14

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