mrt

See also: MRT and mrť

Egyptian

Etymology 1

From mr (“to be sick”) +‎ -t (feminine ending).

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛrɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: meret

Noun

f

pain, illness, sickness

Inflection

Declension of mrt (feminine)

singular	mrt
dual	mrtj
plural	mrwt

Etymology 2

Feminine singular of the perfective passive participle of mrj, thus literally ‘the beloved’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛrɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: meret

Proper noun

f

a female given name

References

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.

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