m ꜣwt ḏt

== Egyptian == === Etymology === m (“in”) +‎ ꜣwt (“length”) +‎ ḏt (“(static) eternity, forever”). The final ḏt was originally adverbial, but later reinterpreted as a noun in a direct genitive construction, hence the later variation m ꜣw n(j) ḏt. === Pronunciation === (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɛm ɑuːt d͡ʒɛt/ Conventional anglicization: em aut djet === Adverb === eternally, for eternity, in perpetuity ==== Alternative forms ==== === References === Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926), Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 4.16 Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962), A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 1 Wilson, Penelope (1991), A Lexicographical Study of the Ptolemaic Texts in the Temple of Edfu‎[2], Liverpool: University of Liverpool, page 3