rmyt

Egyptian

Etymology

From rmj (“to weep”).

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /raˈmiːjVt/ → /raˈmiːjVʔ/ → /rəˈmeːʔəʔ/ → /rəˈmeːʔ/

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

Noun

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(collective) tears [since the Middle Kingdom]

Descendants

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

References

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
Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 417

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