Egyptian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Feminine form of jmj-r (“overseer”), formed with the addition of the feminine ending -t to the nisba jmj. See jmj-r for further etymology. Equivalent to jmt + r.
Noun
f
- (female) overseer [Old Kingdom]
Inflection
Declension of jmt-r (feminine)
singular
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jmt-r
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dual
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jmtj-r
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plural
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jmwt-r
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jmt-r
Etymology 2
Presumably from jmt (“(one) being in”) + r (“mouth”).
Noun
f
- a kind of tool or implement; the meaning of this term is uncertain. [Coffin Texts]
Inflection
Declension of jmt-r (feminine)
singular
|
jmt-r
|
dual
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jmtj-r
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plural
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jmwt-r
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jmt-r
References
- “jm.jt-rʾ (lemma ID 450737)” and “jm.jt-rʾ (lemma ID 25570)”, 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, page 74.14
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[3], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 94.13
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 19