mꜣqt

Egyptian

Etymology

m- (noun-forming prefix) +‎ jꜣq (“to climb up”) +‎ -t (feminine ending).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /majˈʀaːqʼit/ → /majˈʀaːqʼiʔ/ → /məˈaːqʼa/ → /ˈmoːqʼə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /majˈʀaːqʼit/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /majˈʀaːqʼiʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /məˈaːqʼa/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈmoːqʼə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɑkɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: maqet

Noun

 f

1. ladder

Inflection

Declension of mꜣqt (feminine)

singular	mꜣqt
dual	mꜣqtj
plural	mꜣqwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mꜣqt  

mꜣqt	mꜣqt	mꜣqt	mꜥqt	mꜣqt	mꜣqt

Descendants

• Bohairic Coptic: ⲙⲟⲩⲕⲓ (mouki)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 33.6–33.7
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 103
• van der Molen, Rami (2000) A Hieroglyphic Dictionary of Egyptian Coffin Texts, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 158