mryt

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Compare Beja mari (“side, direction”). Suffixed with -t (feminine ending). Related to mrj (“to run aground, to strand (a ship)”), but most likely this verb was derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /mVˈɾaːjaʔ/ → /məˈɾaːʔə/ → /məˈɾoːʔ/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛriːt/
- Conventional anglicization: meryt

Noun

f

shore or riverbank with a natural embankment or levee [since the Middle Kingdom]
a landing place for ships on shore; wharf, quay [since the Middle Kingdom]
harbor [chiefly since Late Egyptian]

Inflection

Declension of *mryt* (feminine)
singular	mryt
dual	mrytj
plural	mrywt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mryt

mryt

mrw

mry

mryt

[Middle Kingdom]

[19th-20th Dynasty]

[Late Period]

[Greco-Roman Period]

Černý considers this a variant of
mrw (“desert”) rather than mryt.

Descendants

Demotic: mrt, mr
- Coptic: ⲙⲣⲱ (mrō) (Sahidic), ⲉⲙⲣⲱ (emrō) (Bohairic)
  - → Egyptian Arabic: دَمْرُوء (Damrūʔ)
→ Ancient Greek: Μάρεια (Máreia), Μᾰρεῶτῐς (Măreôtĭs)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛriːt/
- Conventional anglicization: meryt

Proper noun

f

a female given name, Meryt

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 109.3, 109.12–110.3
Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 410, →ISBN
Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 88
Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 83