šfdw
Egyptian
Etymology
Possibly from šfd (“to grasp”) + -w.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ʃɛfɛduː/
- Conventional anglicization: shefedu
Noun
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m
- roll of papyrus, scroll
- c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Kagemni (pPrisse/pBN 183) lines 2.4–2.5:
- ḏr.n ḏd.n.f n.sn jr ntt nbt m zẖꜣ ḥr pꜣ šfdw sḏm st mj ḏd.j st (j)m zn ḥꜣw ḥr šꜣꜣt
- In the end he said to them: As for everything in the writing on this scroll, heed it as I say it; don’t exceed what has been set down.
Inflection
Declension of šfdw (masculine)
| singular | šfdw |
|---|---|
| dual | šfdwwj |
| plural | šfdww |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of šfdw
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| šfdw |
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 461.11–461.17
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 266