msꜣḏt

Egyptian

Etymology

m- (noun-forming prefix) +‎ swꜣḏ (“to freshen”) +‎ -t (feminine ending).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛsɑd͡ʒɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: mesadjet

Noun

 f

1. (chiefly in the dual) nostril

Inflection

Declension of msꜣḏt (feminine)

singular	msꜣḏt
dual	msꜣḏtj
plural	msꜣḏwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of msꜣḏt  

msꜣḏt	msꜣdt	msdt	msꜣdtj	mstj	mstj
			[Coffin Texts]	[Greco-Roman Period]	[Greco-Roman Period]
			in the dual	in the dual	in the dual

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 153.5–153.6
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 117
• van der Molen, Rami (2000) A Hieroglyphic Dictionary of Egyptian Coffin Texts, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 182