mẖnt

Egyptian

Etymology

m- (noun-forming prefix) +‎ ẖnj (“to row”) +‎ -t (feminine ending).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛçnɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: mekhnet

Noun

 f

1. ferryboat, especially in the afterworld

Inflection

Declension of mẖnt (feminine)

singular	mẖnt
dual	mẖntj
plural	mẖnwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mẖnt  

mẖnt	mẖnt	mẖnt

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 133.12–133.13
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 115