mjnt

Egyptian

Etymology

From mjnj (“to moor (a boat)”) +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

Noun
mn
n		 itT14xt

 f

  1. mooring post; a wooden stake hammered into the ground to which a boat’s prow rope is tied
    • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 3–5:
      O43p
      a      		 x
      r      		 p W
      xt      		 HA25A24mn
      n      		 itT14xtHAt
      t t      		 V1r
      a      		 tHr Z1 tA
      N23 Z1
      šzp ḫrpw ḥw mjnt ḥꜣtt rḏj.t(j) ḥr tꜣ
      The mallet has been taken, the mooring post has been struck, and the prow rope is set on land.

Inflection
Declension of mjnt (feminine)
singular mjnt
dual mjntj
plural mjnwt
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