zt-ḥmt

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Egyptian

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Etymology

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zt (woman) +‎ ḥmt (woman). This compound arose because the feminine ending -t in zt eventually became silent, making zt homophonous with z (man), so that it became necessary to add ḥmt to clarify.

Pronunciation

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  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˌzutˈħiːmat//ˌsuʔˈħiːmaʔ//səˈħiːma//səˈħiːmə/

Noun

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z
t
N41 t
B1

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  1. woman

Inflection

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Descendants

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References

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  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 344.