wrdw-jb
Egyptian
Etymology
wrdw (“weary”) + jb (“heart”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘the weary-hearted’. No writing with ḏ in wrḏw is attested.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /wɛrɛduː ib/
- Conventional anglicization: weredu-ib
Proper noun
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- an epithet of the dead god Osiris
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wrdw-jb
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References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 338.7
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 65