ꜣwj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Verb

 3ae inf.

  1. (intransitive) to be(come) wide, to be(come) long
  2. (intransitive) to be(come) long (in time or duration)
  3. (intransitive) to be(come) rich or abundant in something, particularly offerings [Late Period, Greco-Roman Period]
  4. (intransitive, shortened from ꜣwj-jb) to rejoice, be(come) glad [Greco-Roman Period]

Usage notes

This intransitive use of this verb is attested earlier than the transitive use below.

Inflection

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Demotic: ꜥw

Verb

 3ae inf.

  1. (transitive) to extend, to stretch out (a hand or arm)
  2. (transitive) to give as an offering
  3. (transitive) to present or deliver, particularly a document to an authority
  4. (transitive) to announce or present (a person) (+ n: to someone)
  5. (reflexive) to arouse? oneself (to fight)
    • 18th Dynasty, scarab of Tuthmosis IV:[1]










      jr ꜣww.f sw r ꜥḥꜣ jtn r ḥꜣt.f sw (ḥr) sksk ḏww ḥr ptpt ḫꜣswt
      If he arouses himself to fight, with the Aten in front of him, he destroys the mountains and tramples down the foreign lands.

Inflection

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Descendants

From the imperative:

  • Demotic: jꜣw
    • Coptic: ⲁⲩ (au)

From the imperative compounded with sw:

  • Coptic: ⲁⲩⲉⲓⲥ (aueis)

References

  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 3.12–4.6, 5.4–5.12
  • Lesko, Leonard; Lesko, Barbara (2002) A Dictionary of Late Egyptian, volume 1, second edition, Providence: B.C. Scribe Publications, →ISBN, page 2–3
  • Wilson, Penelope (1991) A Lexicographical Study of the Ptolemaic Texts in the Temple of Edfu, Liverpool: University of Liverpool, page 3–4
  • Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 1–2
  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 14, 230
  1. Shorter, Alan W. (1931) “Historical Scarabs of Tuthmosis IV and Amenophis III” in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, vol. 17, page 23
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