mḥtj

Egyptian

From mḥt (“Nile delta”) +‎ -j (nisba ending).

Declension of mḥtj (nisba adjective)

	masculine	feminine
singular	mḥtj	mḥtt
dual	mḥtjwj, mḥtwj	mḥttj
plural	mḥtjw, mḥtw	mḥtwt¹, mḥtt²
Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun. From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural. In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mḥtj

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Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 150

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