mkt

See also: Mkt.

Egyptian

Etymology

mkj (“to protect”) +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛkɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: meket

Noun

 f

1. protection, especially magical protection
   • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 13–14:

     jr.n snt.f mkt.f sḥr{y}t ḫrww sḥmt zpw šd-ḫrw m ꜣḫw r(ꜣ).s

     His sister has served as his protector, she who drove off the enemies, who put an end to the deeds of the Disturber (Set) by the magical prowess of her mouth

Inflection

Declension of mkt (feminine)

singular	mkt
dual	mktj
plural	mkwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mkt  

mkt

[Old Kingdom]

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 160.22–161.4
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 119

Swedish

Adverb

mkt

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of mycket (“much, very”).