mdw nṯr

Egyptian

Etymology

mdw (“word”) +‎ nṯr (“god”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘word of god’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˌmaːtʼaw ˈnaːcaɾ/ → /ˌmaːtʼaw ˈnaːtaʔ/ → /ˌmoːtʼ ˈnoːtə/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛduː nɛt͡ʃɛr/
- Conventional anglicization: medu netjer

Noun

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Egyptian hieroglyphic writing
Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see mdw,‎ nṯr.

Inflection

Declension of mdw nṯr (masculine)

singular

mdw nṯr

dual

mdwj nṯr

plural

mdw nṯr

References

L. H. Lesko, The Ancient Egyptian Book of Two Ways, University of California Press (1972), p. 64.

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