mꜥḥꜥt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɑːhɑːt/
- Conventional anglicization: mahat

The singular form cannot be securely reconstructed, but the descendants allow reconstruction of the plural as follows:

(plural): (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /maʕˈħiʕwat/ → /majˈħiʕwaʔ/ → /məˈħeʕwa/ → /məˈħeʕwə/[1]

Noun

f

tomb
Synonyms: jz, ḥꜣt, ḥrt

Inflection

Declension of mꜥḥꜥt (feminine)

singular	mꜥḥꜥt
dual	mꜥḥꜥtj
plural	mꜥḥꜥwt

Descendants

(from the plural:)

⇒ Demotic: mḥw, mẖw
- Akhmimic Coptic: ⲙϩⲱ (mhō)
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲙϩⲁⲩ (mhau), ⲉⲙϩⲁⲩ (emhau)
- Fayyumic Coptic: ⲉⲙϩⲉⲟⲩ (emheou)
- Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲙϩⲉⲉⲩ (mheeu)
- Old Coptic: ⲙϩⲁⲟⲩⲉ (mhaoue)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲙϩⲁⲁⲩ (mhaau), ⲙϩⲁⲟⲩ (mhaou), ⲙϩⲁⲩⲉ (mhaue)

References

Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 132

Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 53

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