mnyt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛniːt/
- Conventional anglicization: menyt

Noun

f

root (of a plant)
(figuratively) the ‘root’ of a disease, which kills one

Inflection

Declension of mnyt (feminine)

singular	mnyt
dual	mnytj
plural	mnywt

Synonyms

In the sense of ‘root’:

wꜣb

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 77.2–77.5
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 108

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