mskꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

Possibly from a Proto-Afroasiatic *masak-. Compare Proto-Semitic *mašk- and Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⴽⵙⵓⵎ (aksum).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛskɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: meska

Noun

 m

1. animal hide
2. leather (as a clothing material)

Inflection

Declension of mskꜣ (masculine)

singular	mskꜣ
dual	mskꜣwj
plural	mskꜣw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mskꜣ  

mskꜣ	mskꜣ
[Old Kingdom]	[Middle Kingdom]

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 150.3–150.5
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 118