mḥtj

Egyptian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛhti/
  • Conventional anglicization: mehti

Adjective

1. northern

Inflection

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 forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mḥtj  

mḥtj

Derived terms

• mḥtt
• mḥtjw

Descendants

• Bohairic Coptic: ⲉⲙϩⲓⲧ (emhit)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ⲙⲉⲛϩⲓⲧ (menhit), ⲉⲙϩⲓⲧ (emhit), ⲙⲉϩⲓⲧ (mehit)
• Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲙⲉϩⲓⲧ (mehit)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲙϩⲓⲧ (mhit), ⲉⲙϩⲓⲧ (emhit)
• Akhmimic Coptic: ⲙϩⲉⲓⲧ (mheit), ⲙⲉϩⲓⲧ (mehit), ⲙϩⲓⲧ (mhit)

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 150.