mdw
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈmaːtʼaw/ → /ˈmaːtʼaw/ → /ˈmoːtʼ/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /mɛduː/
- Conventional anglicization: medu
Noun
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- word (written or spoken)
- a speech
- Used as a generic object for certain verbs, e.g. wḏ, wḏꜥ.
Usage notes
This word was displaced by mdt from Late Egyptian on.
Unlike most u-stems, the noun-forming suffix -w was usually written in mdw.
Inflection
Declension of mdw (masculine u-stem)
singular | mdw |
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dual | mdwj |
plural | mdw |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mdw
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mdw | mdw | md | mdw | md | mdw | mdw | mdw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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uncommon | uncommon |
Other determinatives used for this word include:
Determinatives used with mdw
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Derived terms
- jꜥr mdw
- wḏ-mdw
- mdw nṯr
- ns n mdw
- ḏd-mdw
Related terms
- mdwj
Noun
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- staff (rod)
Inflection
Declension of mdw (masculine)
singular | mdw |
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dual | mdwwj |
plural | mdww |
Derived terms
- mdw jꜣw
References
- Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 36, 58
Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN