mswt

Egyptian

Etymology

msj (“to birth”) +‎ -w +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /misˈjaːwat/ → /misˈjaːjaʔ/ → /məˈsaːʔə/ → /məˈsoːʔ/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛsuːt/
- Conventional anglicization: mesut

Noun

f

birthing, the process of childbearing
birth (of someone)

Inflection

Declension of mswt (feminine)

singular	mswt
dual	mswtj
plural	mswwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mswt

mswt

[Old Kingdom]

Derived terms

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 140.16–141.13
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 117

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