mswt

Egyptian

Etymology

msj (“to birth”) +‎ -w +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /misˈjaːwat/ → /misˈjaːjaʔ/ → /məˈsaːʔə/ → /məˈsoːʔ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /misˈjaːwat/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /misˈjaːjaʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /məˈsaːʔə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /məˈsoːʔ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛsuːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: mesut

Noun

 f

1. birthing, the process of childbearing
2. birth (of someone)

Inflection

Declension of mswt (feminine)

singular	mswt
dual	mswtj
plural	mswwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mswt  

mswt

[Old Kingdom]

Derived terms

• whm mswt
• mswt-ꜣst
• mswt-wsjr
• mswt-nbt-ḥwt
• mswt-nṯrw
• mswt-rꜥ
• mswt-ḥr
• mswt-stẖ

 

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 140.16–141.13
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 117