ⲙⲏⲧⲉ

Coptic

Etymology

From Demotic mtr, mtr.t (“center, middle, public”), from Egyptian mtt (“middle”), apparently an abbreviated writing of mtrt, which is, however, only attested with the related meaning of “midday”.

Noun

ⲙⲏⲧⲉ • (mēte) f (plural ⲙⲏⲧⲉ (mēte))

1. (Sahidic, Akhmimic, Old Coptic) middle, midst

Alternative forms

• ⲙⲏⲏⲧⲉ (mēēte) — Sahidic
• ⲙⲏϯ (mēti) — Bohairic, Fayyumic

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, pages 190–191
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 93
• Janet H. Johnson, editor (2001), The Demotic Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago‎^[2], volume M (10:1), Chicago: The University of Chicago, pages 283–284
• Hannig, Rainer (1997) Großes Handwörterbuch Ägyptisch-Deutsch: die Sprache der Pharaonen (2800–950 v. Chr.) (Hannig-Lexica; 1), second edition, Mainz: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, →ISBN, page 376a