mḥyt

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /maˈħiːwVt/ → /maˈħiːjVʔ/ → /maˈħeːʔə/ → /məˈħeːʔ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /maˈħiːwVt/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /maˈħiːjVʔ/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /maˈħeːʔə/ (transcribed as Middle Babylonian [script needed] (-ma-ḫe-e))
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /məˈħeːʔ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛhiːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: mehyt

Noun

 f

1. north wind

Inflection

Declension of mḥyt (feminine)

singular	mḥyt
dual	mḥytj
plural	mḥywt

Related terms

• mḥt
• mḥtj
• mḥtt

Descendants

• Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲙϩⲏ (mhē)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /maˈħuːwVt/ → /maˈħuːjVʔ/ → /məˈħuːʔə/ → /məˈħeːʔ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /maˈħuːwVt/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /maˈħuːjVʔ/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /məˈħuːʔə/ (transcribed as Middle Babylonian [script needed] (-ma-ḫu-ú))
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /məˈħeːʔ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛhiːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: mehyt

Proper noun

 f

1. the goddess Mehyt

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: -μχης (-mkhēs)

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 121.
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[3], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 125.6–125.8, 127.7–127.9