ḏꜣ
Egyptian
FWOTD – 23 February 2020
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɑ/
- Conventional anglicization: dja
Noun
|
m
- fire drill (tool used to start fires)
- c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 54–56:
- šdt.j ḏꜣ sḫpr.n.j ḫt jr.n.j z(b)j-n-sḏt n nṯrw
- I took a fire-stick, I made a fire, and I made a burnt offering to the gods.
Inflection
Declension of ḏꜣ (masculine)
| singular | ḏꜣ |
|---|---|
| dual | ḏꜣwj |
| plural | ḏꜣw |
References
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 147