mdw šps n spꜣt

Egyptian

Etymology

mdw (“staff”) +‎ šps (“noble, august”) +‎ n(j) (“of”) +‎ spꜣt (“nome”), thus ‘noble staff of the nome’.

Pronunciation
  • (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /mɛduː ʃɛpɛs ɛn sɛpɑt/
    • Conventional anglicization: medu shepes en sepat

Noun
md
M3B
S
p
z		 n
T		 spAt
t Z1

 m

  1. sacred standard bearing the sign of a particular nome, especially of Dendera [chiefly Greco-Roman Period]

Inflection
Declension of mdw šps n spꜣt (masculine)
singular mdw šps n spꜣt
dual mdwwj špswj nwj spꜣt
plural mdww špsw nw spꜣt

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mdw šps n spꜣt  
mdxt
nw Z1		 spAt
t Z1
mdw nw spꜣt

References
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