Egyptian
Etymology
From m- (noun-forming prefix) + ḫꜣj (“to measure”) + -t (feminine ending).
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈmiχʀit/ → /ˈmiχʀiʔ/ → /ˈmeʔχa/ → /ˈmeʔχə/
Noun
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- balance, scales
- Synonym: jwsw
- (figuratively) fair measurer of rightness or worth, especially in reference to fair-dealing officials
Inflection
Declension of mḫꜣt (feminine)
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mḫꜣt
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mḫꜣwt
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mḫꜣt
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mḫꜣt
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mḫꜣt
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mḫꜣt
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mḫꜣt
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mḫꜣt
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mḫt
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mḫꜣt
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Demotic: mḫj, mḫjt, mḫꜥ
- Akhmimic Coptic: ⲙⲁⳉⲉ (maxe)
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲙⲁϣⲓ (maši)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲙⲁϣⲉ (maše)
References
- “mḫꜣ.t (lemma ID 74300)”, 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 (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[2], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 130.8–130.13
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 115
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 84, 129.