mdt
See also: MDT
Egyptian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈmaːtʼat/ → /ˈmaːtʼaʔ/ → /ˈmoːtʼə/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /mɛdɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: medet
Noun
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- word (written or spoken)
- a speech
- the text of a command
- speech (faculty) [since the Amarna Period]
- ‘word of the heart’; thought [Middle Kingdom, Late Egyptian]
- matter, affair, issue [since the Middle Kingdom]
- Used as a generic object for certain verbs, e.g. wḏ, wḏꜥ.
Usage notes
This word displaced the earlier mdw almost fully by Late Egyptian.
Inflection
Declension of mdt (feminine u-stem)
| singular | mdt |
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| dual | mdtj |
| plural | mdwt |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mdt
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| in papyri | in papyri |
Determinatives used with mdt
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926-1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
- ↑ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 57
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