ꜣꜥꜥ

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Egyptian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

Aa
a
Y1A24

 3-lit.

  1. (transitive, Late Egyptian) to coat, spread, or patch up with plaster; to plaster
Usage notes
There is some debate over whether the determinative in the form
Aa
a
Y1A24
(attested only in hieratic) is
Y1
or
N23
.
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Etymology 2

Verb

Aa
a
D40

 2ae gem.

  1. (transitive) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1. to accuse
    2. to injure, to harm
Usage notes

Gardiner considers the evidence too scanty to determine the exact meaning of this word, but suggests a possible association with ꜥꜥw (to sleep) and is ‘convinced that the word conveyed something a good deal more painful than mere “accusation”’.

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Etymology 3

According to the Rösslerian school of Egyptian comparison, from earlier *lꜥꜥ, from Proto-Afroasiatic *laɣ- (?) (to speak); compare Proto-Semitic *lɣz, Arabic لَغَزَ (laḡaza, to speak enigmatically, to use puzzling or riddle-like language), Hebrew לעז (to speak a foreign language).[1]

Verb

Aa
a
A2S25
  1. (intransitive, Late Egyptian) to speak a foreign language, to gibber
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Noun

Aa
a
WS25A24

 m

  1. (Late Egyptian) speaker of a foreign language, generally a foreigner or interpreter
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Etymology 4

Noun

Aa
a
Aa40

 m

  1. a type of tree
Inflection

Proper noun

Aa
a
Aa40N33C
niwt

  m./f. topo.

  1. a place name

Etymology 5

Noun

Aa
a
nw
Z2ss

 m

  1. (medicine) a liquid used medicinally

Etymology 6

Verb

Aa
a
Y1V
  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain.

Etymology 7

Verb

Aa
a
D6
  1. Alternative form of ꜥꜥw (to sleep)

Etymology 8

Noun

Aa
a
O24

 m

  1. Alternative form of jꜥ (tomb)

References

  • Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 10
  • Lesko, Leonard, Lesko, Barbara (2002) A Dictionary of Late Egyptian, second edition, volume 1, Providence: B.C. Scribe Publications, →ISBN, pages 1–2
  • Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 2.13–3.3, 3.5, 40.6
  • Gardiner, Alan (1948) “The First Two Pages of the Wörterbuch” in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 34, p. 16–18
  • Gardiner, Alan (1948) The Wilbour Papyrus, Volume II: Commentary, Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 32
  1. ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 31