mdw nṯr
Egyptian
Etymology
mdw (“word”) + nṯr (“god”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘word of god’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˌmaːtʼaw ˈnaːcaɾ/ → /ˌmaːtʼaw ˈnaːtaʔ/ → /ˌmoːtʼ ˈnoːtə/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /mɛduː nɛt͡ʃɛr/
- Conventional anglicization: medu netjer
Noun
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- Egyptian hieroglyphic writing
- Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see mdw, nṯr.
Inflection
Declension of mdw nṯr (masculine)
| singular |
mdw nṯr | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dual |
mdwj nṯr | ||||
| plural |
mdw nṯr |
References
- L. H. Lesko, The Ancient Egyptian Book of Two Ways, University of California Press (1972), p. 64.
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