mꜣꜥtj

Egyptian

mꜣꜥt (“truth, righteousness”) +‎ -j (nisba ending).

Declension of mꜣꜥtj (nisba adjective)

	masculine	feminine
singular	mꜣꜥtj	mꜣꜥtt
dual	mꜣꜥtjwj, mꜣꜥtwj	mꜣꜥttj
plural	mꜣꜥtjw, mꜣꜥtw	mꜣꜥtwt¹, mꜣꜥtt²
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.

Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 125

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