Egyptian
Etymology
From m- (noun-forming prefix) + sḏr (“to lie down”).
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈmiscʼiɾ/ → /ˈmist͡ʃʼiʔ/ → /ˈmest͡ʃʼəʕ/ → /ˈmest͡ʃʼəʕ/
- (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA(key): /ˈmiscʼiɾ/
- (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA(key): /ˈmist͡ʃʼiʔ/
- (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA(key): /ˈmest͡ʃʼəʕ/, with irregular development into /ʕ/, attested since the New Kingdom; see Peust, Carsten (1999) Egyptian Phonology: An Introduction to the Phonology of a Dead Language[1], Göttingen: Peust und Gutschmidt Verlag GbR, pages 105–106.
- (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA(key): /ˈmest͡ʃʼəʕ/
Noun
m
- ear
- Synonym: jdn
Inflection
Declension of msḏr (masculine)
| singular
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msḏr
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| dual
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msḏrwj
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| plural
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msḏrw
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In Late Egyptian, this word is sometimes feminine, in which case it declines thus:
Declension of msḏr (feminine)
| singular
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msḏrt
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| dual
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msḏrtj
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| plural
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msḏrwt
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of msḏr
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msḏr
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msḏr
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msḏ
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msḏr
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msḏrt
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Descendants
- Demotic: msḏr, msḏꜥ
- Coptic: ⲙⲁⲁϫⲉ (maače) (Sahidic), ⲙⲁϣϫ (mašč) (Bohairic), ⲙⲉϫⲉ (meče) (Fayyumic, Oxyrhynchite), ⲙⲉⲉϫⲉ (meeče) (Fayyumic), ⲙⲁϣⲧⲁ (mašta) (Dialect P)
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 48.
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN