Egyptian
Etymology
m- (noun-forming prefix) + jꜣq (“to climb up”) + -t (feminine ending).[1]
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /majˈʀaːqʼit/ → /majˈʀaːqʼiʔ/ → /məˈaːqʼa/ → /ˈmoːqʼə/
Noun
f
- ladder
Inflection
Declension of mꜣqt (feminine)
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mꜣqt
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| dual
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mꜣqtj
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| plural
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mꜣqwt
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mꜣqt
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| mꜣqt
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mꜣqt
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mꜣqt
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mꜥqt
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mꜣqt
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mꜣqt
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Descendants
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲙⲟⲩⲕⲓ (mouki)
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 33.6–33.7
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 103
- van der Molen, Rami (2000) A Hieroglyphic Dictionary of Egyptian Coffin Texts, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 158
- ^ Gundacker, Roman (2011) “On the Etymology of the Egyptian Crown Name mrsw.t*: An “Irregular” Subgroup of m-Prefix Formations” in Lingua Aegyptia, volume 19, page 43