mswt-ꜣst
Egyptian edit
Etymology edit
mswt (“birth”) + ꜣst (“Isis”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘birth(day) of Isis’.
Pronunciation edit
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /mɛsuːt ɑsɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: mesut-aset
Proper noun edit
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- The fourth of the five epagomenal (intercalary) days (djw ḥrjw rnpt) added to the end of the year in the ancient Egyptian calendar.
References edit
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 107.