mꜣꜥtj

Egyptian

Etymology 1

mꜣꜥt (“truth, righteousness”) +‎ -j (nisba ending).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɑʔɑːti/
  • Conventional anglicization: maati

Adjective

1. righteous

Inflection

Declension of mꜣꜥtj (nisba adjective)

	masculine	feminine
singular	mꜣꜥtj	mꜣꜥtt
dual	mꜣꜥtjwj, mꜣꜥtwj	mꜣꜥttj
plural	mꜣꜥtjw, mꜣꜥtw	mꜣꜥtwt1, mꜣꜥtt2
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.

Etymology 2

mꜣꜥt (“truth, righteousness”) +‎ -j (dual ending).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɑʔɑːti/
  • Conventional anglicization: maati

Proper noun

 m du

1. (dual only) two goddesses present at the judgement of the dead
2. (dual only, ellipsis for wsḫt nt mꜣꜥtj) The hall of judgement of the dead
   • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 1–2:

     špss kꜣ pw ḫnt(j) ḏdw wr ẖrt m ḫm nb hnw m ꜥnḏtj ḫnt(j) ḏf(ꜣ) m jwnw nb sḫꜣw m mꜣꜥtj bꜣ štꜣ nb qrrt ḏsr m jnb-ḥḏ bꜣ rꜥ ḏt.f ḏs.f

     He is noble of ka, this foremost one of Busiris, great of possessions in Letopolis, possessor of acclaim in (the nome of) Anedjti, foremost of provisions in Heliopolis, possessor of remembrance in the Two Truths (Hall of Judgement), the secret ba, lord of the Cavern, sacred in Memphis, the ba of Ra, his very body (literally, “his body/self of himself”), […]

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 125.