mꜥḥꜥt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɑːhɑːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: mahat

The singular form cannot be securely reconstructed, but the descendants allow reconstruction of the plural as follows:

 

• (plural): (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /maʕˈħiʕwat/ → /majˈħiʕwaʔ/ → /məˈħeʕwa/ → /məˈħeʕwə/

• (plural): (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /maʕˈħiʕwat/
• (plural): (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /majˈħiʕwaʔ/
• (plural): (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /məˈħeʕwa/
• (plural): (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /məˈħeʕwə/

Noun

 f

1. tomb

   Synonyms: jz, ḥꜣt, ḥrt

Inflection

Declension of mꜥḥꜥt (feminine)

singular	mꜥḥꜥt
dual	mꜥḥꜥtj
plural	mꜥḥꜥwt

Descendants

(from the plural:)

• ⇒ Demotic: mḥw, mẖw
  • Akhmimic Coptic: ⲙϩⲱ (mhō)
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲙϩⲁⲩ (mhau), ⲉⲙϩⲁⲩ (emhau)
  • Fayyumic Coptic: ⲉⲙϩⲉⲟⲩ (emheou)
  • Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲙϩⲉⲉⲩ (mheeu)
  • Old Coptic: ⲙϩⲁⲟⲩⲉ (mhaoue)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲙϩⲁⲁⲩ (mhaau), ⲙϩⲁⲟⲩ (mhaou), ⲙϩⲁⲩⲉ (mhaue)

References

• Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 132