grw

Egyptian

Etymology 1

From gr (“to be still, to be silent”).

Pronunciation

Noun

 m

  1. one who is silent, one who doesn’t talk [Middle Kingdom to New Kingdom]
  2. a calm, dispassionate, and self-effacing person, seen as wisely living according to Maat (virtue/truth/cosmic order) [Middle Kingdom to New Kingdom]
Usage notes

In the second sense, this word is often followed by epithets such as mꜣꜥ (“just, true”).

Inflection
Declension of grw (masculine)
singular grw
dual grwwj
plural grww
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of grw  


gr grw gr
Antonyms
  • (calm and self-effacing person): wḫꜣ

Pronunciation

Adverb

  1. also, furthermore
  2. any more
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of grw  
gr
This writing is more common than the full form.

References
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 263 page 94, 263.
  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 180.9–180.11
  • Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 290
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