mnt

See also: MNT

English

Noun

mnt (uncountable)

(chemistry) Abbreviation of maleonitriledithiolate.

Anagrams

mtn, mtn.

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Etymology 3:

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈmaːnat/ → /ˈmaːnaʔ/ → /ˈmoːnə/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛnɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: menet

Etymology 1

mn (“so-and-so”) +‎ -t (feminine ending).

Noun

f

substitute for an unknown female name; so-and-so, N.N.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mnt

mnt

[18th Dynasty]

Noun

f

(usually in the dual) human thigh
(in the dual) lap (upper legs of a seated person)
ox haunch

Inflection

Declension of mnt (feminine)

singular	mnt
dual	mntj
plural	mnwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mnt

mnt

mntj

[Greco-Roman Period]

in the sense ‘ox haunch’

in the dual

Etymology 3

mn (“to suffer”) +‎ -t.

Noun

f

suffering

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mnt

mnt

Derived terms

znj mnt

Noun

f

swallow (bird) [since the Old Kingdom]

Inflection

Declension of mnt (feminine)

singular	mnt
dual	mntj
plural	mnwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mnt

mnt

Descendants

Bohairic Coptic: ⲃⲏⲛⲓ (bēni)
Sahidic Coptic: ⲃⲏⲛⲉ (bēne)

Noun

f

Only used in m mnt (“daily”)

References

Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 65.3–65.5, 65.9–65.11, 67.6–67.18, 68.2–68.4, 68.8–68.15
Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 107
James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 282.

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