ḏd-mdw

See also: Dd-mdw

Egyptian

FWOTD – 26 June 2013

Etymology

ḏd (“to say”) +‎ mdw (“speech, words”), with ḏd in the infinitive.

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˌcʼaːtʼ maˈtʼuww/ → /ˌt͡ʃʼaːʔ maˈtʼuww/ → /t͡ʃʼəməˈtʼøww/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɛd mɛduː/
- Conventional anglicization: djed-medu

Noun

m

(singular only) a recitation; used as a title introducing the main bulk of a religious text, after any prologues.
- c. 1450 BCE,, The Poetical Stela of Thutmose III: Part I, Cairo Museum 34010:[1]
  
  ḏd-mdw jn jmn-rꜥ nb nswt tꜣwj
  A recitation by Amun-Ra, Lord of the Thrones of the Two Lands.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḏd-mdw

S43 [md]

I10 [D]

ḏd-mdw

This abbreviated form is much preferred over the full spelling.

References

Middle Egyptian Grammar: The Poetical Stela of Thutmose III: Part I, Dr. Gabor Toth, Rutgers University

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 169.

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