j.ḫm-wrḏ
Egyptian
FWOTD – 21 October 2019
Etymology
j.ḫm (“not knowing”, imperfective active participle of ḫm) + wrḏ (“to be(come) weary”), thus literally ‘(one) not knowing wearying’, because noncircumpolar stars circle in long paths without end.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ixɛm wɛrɛd͡ʒ/
- Conventional anglicization: ikhem-weredj
Noun
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- noncircumpolar star; a star that rises and sets over the course of a day
- 18th Dynasty, Great Hymn to Osiris, Stela of Amenmose (Louvre C 286), lines 5–6:
- nb hnw m pt rswt dwꜣw m pt mḥtt j.ḫmw-sk ẖr st ḥr.f swt.f pw j.ḫmw-wrḏ
- Possessor of acclaim in the southern sky, worshipped in the northern sky, the circumpolar stars are under his care, and the unwearying stars are his residences.
- 18th Dynasty, Great Hymn to Osiris, Stela of Amenmose (Louvre C 286), lines 5–6:
Inflection
Declension of j.ḫm-wrḏ (masculine)
singular | j.ḫm-wrḏ |
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dual | j.ḫmwj-wrḏ |
plural | j.ḫmw-wrḏ |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of j.ḫm-wrḏ
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[18th Dynasty] |
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 125.15–125.16
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