mjnt

Egyptian

Etymology

From mjnj (“to moor (a boat)”) +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /minɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: minet

Noun

 f

1. mooring post; a wooden stake hammered into the ground to which a boat’s prow rope is tied
   • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 3–5:

     šzp ḫrpw ḥw mjnt ḥꜣtt rḏj.t(j) ḥr tꜣ

     The mallet has been taken, the mooring post has been struck, and the prow rope is set on land.

Inflection

Declension of mjnt (feminine)

singular	mjnt
dual	mjntj
plural	mjnwt