mrt
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Egyptian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From mr (“to be sick”) + -t (feminine ending).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /mɛrɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: meret
Noun[edit]
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f
Inflection[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Feminine singular of the perfective passive participle of mrj, thus literally ‘the beloved’.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /mɛrɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: meret
Proper noun[edit]
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f
- a female given name
References[edit]
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 84, 136.