Egyptian
Etymology
An abstract noun formed from mꜣꜥ (“to direct, to be just, to be true”) + -t (“feminine ending”).
Pronunciation
Noun
f
- truth
- right action, righteousness, virtue
c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE,
Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 23–24:
- smn mꜣꜥt n nb.s rdjw sꜣ r jsft
- Righteousness has been established for its possessor, and the back is turned on wrong.
- blamelessness, innocence
- justice, fairness
- right order in the state or cosmos
Inflection
Declension of mꜣꜥt (feminine)
| singular
|
mꜣꜥt
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| dual
|
mꜣꜥtj
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| plural
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mꜣꜥwt
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mꜣꜥt
Antonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
- Demotic: mꜣꜥt
- Akhmimic Coptic: ⲙⲏⲉ (mēe), ⲙⲓⲉ (mie)
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲙⲏⲓ (mēi), ⲙⲉⲓ (mei)
- Fayyumic Coptic: ⲙⲉⲓ (mei), ⲙⲉⲉⲓ (meei), ⲙⲏⲓ (mēi)
- Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲙⲏⲉ (mēe)
- Old Coptic: ⲙⲉ (me)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲙⲉ (me), ⲙⲉⲉ (mee), ⲙⲏⲉ (mēe)
- → English: maat
Proper noun
f
- Maat, the goddess personifying the above concepts
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 97, 99, 119–121, 126, 214, 254, 273, 277, 281.
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 112
- ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 39, 47