rḥwj
Egyptian
Etymology
The dual form of the defective noun rḥw (“companions, comrades”), thus literally ‘The Two Companions’, restricted in historical times to particular uses.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /rɛħuːi/
- Conventional anglicization: rehwi
Noun
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- an epithet of the pair of gods Horus and Set, rarely also used of other pairs of gods [since the Pyramid Texts]
Inflection
Declension of rḥwj (masculine)
singular | — |
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dual | rḥwj |
plural | rḥw |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of rḥwj
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rḥwj | rḥwj | |||||||||||||
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References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 441.13–441.15