Egyptian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From jmꜣ (“to be(come) kindly, friendly, or gracious”) + -t.
Noun
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- kindness, friendliness, graciousness, charm
- kind behavior, good deeds
- belovedness, well-likedness, favor (+ genitive: possessed by (someone))
Inflection
Declension of jmꜣt (feminine)
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jmꜣt
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jmꜣtj
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jmꜣwt
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jmꜣt
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jꜣmt
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jmꜣt
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jmꜣt
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jꜣmt
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jmꜣt
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mꜣt
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jmꜣt
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jmꜣ
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jmꜣt
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jmt
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jmꜣt
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Derived terms
Etymology 2
Probably from jꜣm (“to bind for sacrifice”) + -t.
Noun
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- female ibex [Old and Middle Kingdoms]
- female wild animal in general
Inflection
Declension of jmꜣt (feminine)
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jmꜣt
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jmꜣtj
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jmꜣwt
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References
- “jꜣm.t (lemma ID 24900)” and “jꜣm.t (lemma ID 24880)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae[1], Corpus issue 18, Web app version 2.1.5, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–26 July 2023
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[2], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 79.1–79.2, 80.1–80.6, 80.11
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, pages 19–20