mꜣt

See also: mꜣṯ

Egyptian

Etymology

mꜣj (“lion”) +‎ -t (feminine ending).

Pronunciation

 

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

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /maˈʀiːjat/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /maˈʀiːjaʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /məˈjeːʔa/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /məˈjeːʔə/

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

Noun

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1. 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.