ꜣwj-jb

Egyptian

Etymology

ꜣwj (“be long”) +‎ jb (“heart”), thus literally ‘be long of heart’.

Pronunciation

Verb

 compound

  1. to be(come) happy [chiefly Greco-Roman Period]
  2. to rejoice, make merry [Greco-Roman Period]

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣwj-jb  





ꜣwj-jb ꜣwj-jb ꜣwj-jb ꜣwj-jb ꜣwj-jb
[Late Egyptian] [Late Egyptian] [Greco-Roman Period] [Greco-Roman Period] [Greco-Roman Period]

Derived terms

References
  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 4.7–4.9
  • Lesko, Leonard; Lesko, Barbara (2002) A Dictionary of Late Egyptian, volume 1, second edition, Providence: B.C. Scribe Publications, →ISBN, page 3
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 455 page 215, 455.
  • Wilson, Penelope (1991) A Lexicographical Study of the Ptolemaic Texts in the Temple of Edfu, Liverpool: University of Liverpool, page 3
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