mtrt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈmitɾat/ → /ˈmiʔɾaʔ/ → /ˈmeʔɾə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈmitɾat/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈmiʔɾaʔ/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈmeʔɾə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛtrɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: metret

Noun

 f

1. noon

Inflection

Declension of mtrt (feminine)

singular	mtrt
dual	mtrtj
plural	mtrwt

Descendants

• Bohairic Coptic: ⲙⲉⲣⲓ (meri)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲙⲉⲉⲣⲉ (meere)

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 386.