mwt

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Likely a babble word in origin, like many of its Afro-Asiatic parallels.[1] Militarev and Stolbova derive it from a supposed Proto-Afro-Asiatic *ˀVma/*ma(y) (“mother”) instead, but also note it may be a nursery word.[2] If not, perhaps cognate with Proto-Semitic *ʾimm-.

Pronunciation
 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈmiʔwat/, /ˈmuʔwat/ → /ˈmiʔwaʔ/, /ˈmuʔwaʔ/ → /ˈmeʔwə/

Noun

 f

  1. mother
Inflection
Declension of mwt (feminine)
singular mwt
dual mwtj
plural mwwt
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mwt  



mwt mt mjt mjt
Derived terms
Descendants

Proper noun

Mwt, Luxor, c.1279-1213 BC

 f

  1. the primordial waters [Old Kingdom]
  2. Mut, the vulture goddess worshipped as part of the Theban Triad
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Cognate with Arabic مَاتَ‎ (māta, “to die”), Hebrew מֵת‎ (met, “to die”), Aramaic מִית‎ (mīṯ, “to die”), Ge'ez ሞተ (motä).

Pronunciation

Verb

 3-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to die
  2. (intransitive, figuratively, of ships) to sink
Inflection
Conjugation of mwt (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: mwt, geminated stem: mwtt
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
mwt
 mwtw, mwt
 mwtt
 mwt
 mwt
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
mwt
 ḥr mwt
 m mwt
 r mwt
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active contingent
aspect / mood active
perfect mwt.n
 consecutive mwt.jn
terminative mwtt
perfective3 mwt
 obligative mwt.ḫr
imperfective mwt
prospective3 mwt
 potentialis mwt.kꜣ
subjunctive mwt
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active active passive
perfect mwt.n
 — —
perfective mwt
 mwt
 mwt, mwtw5, mwty5
imperfective mwt, mwty, mwtw5
 mwt, mwtj6, mwty6
 mwt, mwtw5
prospective mwt, mwttj7
 mwttj4, mwtt4
  1. Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
  2. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
  3. Archaic or greatly restricted in usage by Middle Egyptian. The perfect has mostly taken over the functions of the perfective, and the subjunctive and periphrastic prospective have mostly replaced the prospective.
  4. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, plural .sn.
  5. Only in the masculine singular.
  6. Only in the masculine.
  7. Only in the feminine.
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mwt  

mt mt

Noun

 m

  1. death
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mwt  

mt mt

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

 f

  1. weight
Inflection
Declension of mwt (feminine)
singular mwt
dual mwtj
plural mwwt

References
  • Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 97
  • Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
  1. Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 193–195
  2. Militarev, Alexander and Stolbova, Olga (2007) “*ˀVma/*ma(y)” in the Afroasiatic etymology database at StarLing
  3. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 245
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