zt-ḥmt

Egyptian

Etymology

zt (“woman”) +‎ ḥmt (“woman”). This compound arose because the feminine ending -t in zt eventually became silent, making zt homophonous with z (“man”), so that it became necessary to add ḥmt to clarify.

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˌzutˈħiːmat/ → /ˌsuʔˈħiːmaʔ/ → /ˌsəˈħiːmə/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɛt ħɛmɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: zet-hemet

Noun

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woman

Inflection

Declension of zt-ḥmt (feminine)

singular	zt-ḥmt
dual	ztj-ḥmtj
plural	zwt-ḥmwt

Descendants

Demotic: s-ḥmt
- Coptic: ⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ (shime) – Sahidic, Lycopolitan, Akhmimic; ⲥϩⲓⲙⲓ (shimi) – Bohairic, Fayyumic

References

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 344.

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