rmṯ

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈɾaːmac/ → /ˈɾaːmaʔ/ → /ˈɾoːmə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈɾaːmac/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈɾaːmaʔ/
• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈɾoːmə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /rɛmɛt͡ʃ/
  • Conventional anglicization: remetj

Noun

 m

1. human, human being, person

Inflection

Declension of rmṯ (masculine)

singular	rmṯ
dual	rmṯwj
plural	rmṯw

Derived terms

• rmṯt

Descendants

• Demotic: (rmt)
  • Akhmimic Coptic: ⲣⲱⲙⲉ (rōme), ⲣⲙ- (rm-)
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲣⲱⲙⲓ (rōmi), ⲣⲉⲙ- (rem-)
  • Fayyumic Coptic: ⲗⲱⲙⲓ (lōmi), ⲗⲟⲙⲓ (lomi), ⲣⲱⲙⲓ (rōmi), ⲗⲉⲙ- (lem-), ⲗⲉ- (le-), ⲣⲉⲙ- (rem-)
  • Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲣⲱⲙⲉ (rōme), ⲣⲙ- (rm-)
  • Old Coptic: ⲣⲱⲙⲉ (rōme), ⲣⲟⲙ- (rom-)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲣⲱⲙⲉ (rōme), ⲣⲙ- (rm-), ⲣⲉⲙ- (rem-), ⲣⲱⲙ- (rōm-)

Noun

 f

1. Alternative form of rmṯt (“people, humanity”)

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN