mskꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

Possibly from a Proto-Afroasiatic *masak-. Compare Proto-Semitic *mašk- and Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⴽⵙⵓⵎ (aksum).

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛskɑ/
- Conventional anglicization: meska

Noun

m

animal hide
leather (as a clothing material)

Inflection

Declension of mskꜣ (masculine)

singular	mskꜣ
dual	mskꜣwj
plural	mskꜣw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mskꜣ

F27

F27

mskꜣ

mskꜣ

[Old Kingdom]

[Middle Kingdom]

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 150.3–150.5
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 118

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