ḏw
See also: dw, DW, and dW
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /d͡ʒuː/
- Conventional anglicization: dju
Noun
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m
- mountain
Inflection
Declension of ḏw (masculine)
singular | ḏw |
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dual | ḏwwj |
plural | ḏww |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḏw
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ḏw | ḏw | ḏw |
Derived terms
- tpj-ḏw.f
Descendants
- Demotic: tw
- Coptic: ⲧⲟⲟⲩ (toou) (Sahidic), ⲧⲱⲟⲩ (tōou) (Bohairic), ⲧⲁⲩ (tau) (Akhmimic, Fayyumic)
Adjective
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- evil, bad, wicked
Inflection
Declension of ḏw (perfective active participle)
masculine | feminine | |
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singular | ḏw | ḏwt |
dual | ḏwwj | ḏwtj |
plural | ḏww | ḏwwt1, ḏwt2 |
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Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḏw
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ḏw | ḏw |
Derived terms
- bd ḏwj (“badness”)
- ḏwj (“evil”, adjective)
- ḏwt (“evil, sadness”, noun)
Descendants
- Demotic: ḏwṱ (“impure”)
- Coptic: ϫⲟⲟⲩⲧ (joout, “base, lowly, rejected (one)”)
Proper noun
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m
- the embodiment of evil, Apep
References
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 213.