mꜣꜥt

Egyptian
The goddess


, personification of truth and right

Etymology

An abstract noun formed from mꜣꜥ (“to direct, to be just, to be true”) +‎ -t (“feminine ending”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈmuʀʕat/ → /ˈmuʀʕaʔ/ → /ˈmuʔʕəʔ/ → /ˈmøʔʕə/[1]

Noun



 f

  1. truth
  2. right action, righteousness, virtue
  3. blamelessness, innocence
  4. justice, fairness
  5. right order in the state or cosmos

Inflection
Declension of mꜣꜥt (feminine)
singular mꜣꜥt
dual mꜣꜥtj
plural mꜣꜥwt

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mꜣꜥt  



mꜣꜥt mꜣꜥt mꜣꜥt

Antonyms

Descendants
  • Demotic: mꜣꜥt
    • Coptic: ⲙⲉ (me) (Sahidic, Old Coptic), ⲙⲉⲉ (mee) (Sahidic), ⲙⲉⲓ (mei) (Bohairic, Fayyumic), ⲙⲏⲓ (mēi) (Bohairic, Fayyumic), ⲙⲉⲉⲓ (meei) (Fayyumic), ⲙⲏⲉ (mēe) (Sahidic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan), ⲙⲓⲉ (mie) (Akhmimic)

Proper noun


 f

  1. Maat, the goddess personifying the above concepts

Derived terms

References
  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, ISBN 3050022647
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-51796-6.
  • Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, ISBN 0920168124, page 112
  1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-44384-9, page 39, 47
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