rmyt

Egyptian

Etymology

From rmj (“to weep”).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /raˈmiːjVʔ/ → /rəˈmeːʔə/ → /rəˈmeːʔ/

• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /raˈmiːjVʔ/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /rəˈmeːʔə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /rəˈmeːʔ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /rɛmiːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: remyt

Noun

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1. (collective) tears [since the Middle Kingdom]

Derived terms

• ꜥḥ-rmyt

Descendants

• Akhmimic Coptic: ⲣⲙⲓⲉⲓ (rmiei)
• Bohairic Coptic: ⲉⲣⲙⲏ (ermē), (plural) ⲉⲣⲙⲱⲟⲩⲓ (ermōoui)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲣⲙⲉⲓⲏ (rmeiē), (plural) ⲣⲙⲉⲓⲟⲟⲩⲉ (rmeiooue)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 417.14–417.15
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 132.
• Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 172