ḏw

See also: dw, DW, and dW

Egyptian

Pronunciation
 

Noun
Dw
Z1

 m

  1. mountain
Inflection
Declension of ḏw (masculine)
singular ḏw
dual ḏwwj
plural ḏww
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḏw  
Dw
O39
DwwO39
Dw
Z1		 O39
ḏw ḏw ḏw
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Demotic: tw

Adjective
DwwG37
  1. perfective active participle of ḏwj: 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

See under the main verb.

Derived terms

See under the main verb.

Descendants
  • ⇒ Demotic: ḏwṱ (“impure”)
    • Coptic: ϫⲟⲟⲩⲧ (čoout, “base, lowly, rejected (one)”)

Proper noun
DwI15

 m

  1. the embodiment of evil, Apep

References
  • Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (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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