psḏ

See also: PSD

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /pɛsɛd͡ʒ/
- Conventional anglicization: pesedj

Noun

m

(anatomy) spine, backbone [since the Pyramid Texts]
(anatomy, of humans or animals) back [since the Pyramid Texts]

Inflection

Declension of psḏ (masculine)

singular	psḏ
dual	psḏwj
plural	psḏw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of psḏ

F37

F37

F37

F51

psḏ

psd

psd

[Old Kingdom]

[Middle Kingdom]

[Middle Kingdom]

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 556.1–556.9
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 95

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