ḏw

See also: dw, DW, and dW

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

 m

  1. mountain
Inflection
Declension of ḏw (masculine)
singular ḏw
dual ḏwwj
plural ḏww
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḏw  

ḏw ḏw ḏw
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Adjective
  1. evil, bad, wicked
Inflection
Declension of ḏw (perfective active participle)
masculine feminine
singular ḏw
 ḏwt
dual ḏwwj
 ḏwtj
plural ḏww
 ḏwwt1, ḏwt2
  1. Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun.
  2. From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural.
    In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḏw  

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

 m

  1. 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.
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