ꜣmmt

Egyptian

Etymology

ꜣmm (“to grasp”) +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑmɛmɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: amemet

Noun

 m

1. grip, grasp, fist [since the 18th Dynasty]

Inflection

Declension of ꜣmmt (feminine)

singular	ꜣmmt
dual	ꜣmmtj
plural	ꜣmmwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣmmt  

ꜣm	jm
[Greco-Roman Period]	[Greco-Roman Period]

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 11.1
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 3