ḥfꜣw

ḥfꜣw

Egyptian

Musée du Louvre

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈħafʀaw/ → /ˈħafʀaw/ → /ħafʔ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈħafʀaw/[1]
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈħafʀaw/
• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ħafʔ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ħɛfɑuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: hefau

Noun

 m

1. snake, worm

Inflection

Declension of ḥfꜣw (masculine a-stem)

singular	ḥfꜣw
dual	ḥfꜣwwj
plural	ḥfꜣww

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥfꜣw  

ḥfꜣw	ḥfꜣw

Derived terms

• ḥfꜣt (“on hands and knees”)

 

References

• Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 168
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 281.

1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 55–56