mnꜥt

Egyptian

Etymology

mnꜥ (“to nurse, to suckle”) +‎ -t (feminine ending).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛnɑːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: menat

Noun

 f

1. wet nurse

Inflection

Declension of mnꜥt (feminine)

singular	mnꜥt
dual	mnꜥtj
plural	mnꜥwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mnꜥt  

mnꜥt

abbreviation

Descendants

• Akhmimic Coptic: ⲙⲁⲁⲛⲉ (maane)
• Bohairic Coptic: ⲙⲟⲛⲓ (moni)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ⲙⲁⲁⲛⲓ (maani)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲙⲟⲟⲛⲉ (moone)

Noun

 f

1. (usually in the plural) milch cow

Inflection

Declension of mnꜥt (feminine)

singular	mnꜥt
dual	mnꜥtj
plural	mnꜥwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mnꜥt  

mnꜥt

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 78.1–78.10
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 108