pḏ šs

Egyptian

Etymology

pḏ (to stretch) +‎ šs (“cord”), thus ‘stretching the cord’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /pɛd͡ʒ ʃɛs/
- Conventional anglicization: pedj shes

Noun

m

the stretching the cord ceremony (+ ḥr or m: for (a temple, building))

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