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/

Noun
U7
r		 iit
N23

 f

  1. shore or riverbank with a natural embankment or levee [since the Middle Kingdom]
  2. a landing place for ships on shore; wharf, quay [since the Middle Kingdom]
  3. harbor [chiefly since Late Egyptian]
Inflection
Declension of mryt (feminine)
singular mryt
dual mrytj
plural mrywt
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mryt  
U7
r		 iit
N21 Z1
U7
r		 wN23 Z1
Z2
U7
r		 WmwN36
N23
U7iiN23
U7
r		 itimw
mryt mrw 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 (Mareôtis)

Pronunciation

Proper noun
U7
r		 iitB1

 f

  1. a female given name, Meryt

References
  • Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, 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
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