mẖꜥqt

Egyptian

Etymology

m- (noun-forming prefix) +‎ ẖꜥq (“to shave”) +‎ -t (feminine ending).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /maçˈʕaːqʼit/ → /maçˈʕaːqʼiʔ/ → /məçˈʕaːqʼa/ → /məçˈʕoːqʼə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /maçˈʕaːqʼit/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /maçˈʕaːqʼiʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /məçˈʕaːqʼa/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /məçˈʕoːqʼə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛçɑːkɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: mekhaqet

Noun

 f

1. razor
2. (figuratively) shoulder blade, scapula

Inflection

Declension of mẖꜥqt (feminine)

singular	mẖꜥqt
dual	mẖꜥqtj
plural	mẖꜥqwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mẖꜥqt  

mšꜥqt

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 133.8–133.10
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 119