ꜣdw

ꜣdw

Egyptian

Etymology

ꜣd (“to be aggressive or angry”) +‎ -w.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈʀaːtʼaw/ → /ˈʀaːtʼaw/ → /ˈʔaːtʼəʔ/ → /ʔoːtʼ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʀaːtʼaw/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʀaːtʼaw/
• (Medio-Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʔaːtʼəʔ/
• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔoːtʼ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑduː/
  • Conventional anglicization: adu

Noun

 m

1. crocodile

Inflection

Declension of ꜣdw (masculine)

singular	ꜣdw
dual	ꜣdwwj
plural	ꜣdww

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣdw  

ꜣd

Noun

 m

1. aggressive or raging person, aggressor

Inflection

Declension of ꜣdw (masculine)

singular	ꜣdw
dual	ꜣdwwj
plural	ꜣdww

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣdw  

ꜣt	ꜣdw	ꜣt
[18th Dynasty]

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 24.11, 24.20–24.21
• Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 6–7