mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

Egyptian

mꜣꜥ (“(to be) true, just”) +‎ ḫrw (“voice”), thus literally ‘(to be) true of voice’.

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɑʔɑː xɛruː/
- Conventional anglicization: maa-kheru

compound

Conventionally, the uses of this term are translated with forms of the word ‘justified’: ‘to be justified’, ‘justified’, ‘justification’, etc.

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

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mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

Declension of mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

	masculine	feminine
singular	mꜣꜥ-ḫrw	mꜣꜥt-ḫrw
dual	mꜣꜥwj-ḫrw	mꜣꜥtj-ḫrw
plural	mꜣꜥw-ḫrw	mꜣꜥwt-ḫrw¹, mꜣꜥt-ḫrw²
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.

See under the verb above.

m

See under the verb above.

Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 97, 213

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