mnyt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛniːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: menyt

Noun

 f

1. root (of a plant)
2. (figuratively) the ‘root’ of a disease, which kills one

Inflection

Declension of mnyt (feminine)

singular	mnyt
dual	mnytj
plural	mnywt

Synonyms

In the sense of ‘root’:

• wꜣb

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 77.2–77.5
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 108