šmt

See also: smt and SMT

Egyptian

Etymology

šmj (“to go, to walk”) +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ʃɛmɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: shemet

Noun

 f

1. gait
2. a walking, a going
3. task, errand, business
4. execution of a task

Inflection

Declension of šmt (feminine)

singular	šmt
dual	šmtj
plural	šmwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šmt  

šmwt

in the plural

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 466.1–466.9
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 366