ꜣmꜥt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑmɑːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: amat

Etymology 1

From ꜣmꜥ (“perching bird”) +‎ -t, so named because its attachment to the temporal bone was reminiscent of the claw of the ꜣmꜥ-bird grabbing something, as described in the Edwin Smith Papyrus 8.14–8.15.

Noun

 f

1. condyle or fork of a bone [Medical Papyri]
2. ramus of the mandible [Medical Papyri]

Inflection

Declension of ꜣmꜥt (feminine)

singular	ꜣmꜥt
dual	ꜣmꜥtj
plural	ꜣmꜥwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣmꜥt  

ꜥmꜥt	ꜣmꜥwt	ꜣmꜥt

Etymology 2

Possibly related to ꜣmj (“to mix”).

Noun

 f

1. a kind of mash [20th Dynasty and Medical papyri]

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣmꜥt  

ꜣmꜥt	ꜣmꜥt
	[20th Dynasty]

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 10.14, 10.16
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 3
• Hannig, Rainer (1997) Großes Handwörterbuch Ägyptisch-Deutsch: die Sprache der Pharaonen (2800–950 v. Chr.) (Hannig-Lexica; 1), second edition, Mainz: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, →ISBN, page 9