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Egyptian
Etymology
From ḏs (“self”) + .f (“his”).
Pronunciation
Noun
m
- himself
Adverb
- by himself
c. 1900 BCE,
The Instructions of Ptahhotep (
pPrisse/pBN 186–194) lines 6.1–6.2 (74–77):
- jr gm.k ḏꜣjsw m ꜣt.f m ḥwrw nj js mjtw.k m ꜣd(w) jb.k r.f ḫft ẖzz.f jmj sw r tꜣ ḫsf.f n.f ḏs.f
- If you find a disputant in the act who is an inferior and not your equal, don’t let yourself rage at him in accordance with his being wretched; set him aside (literally, “to the earth”) and he himself will punish himself.
Derived terms
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 95.
