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Egyptian
Pronunciation
Interjection
- (chiefly in religious texts) O! (vocative interjection)
Usage notes
This interjection is mainly addressed to the deceased, whose name follows it and is itself often followed by a demonstrative pronoun pn, tn, pw, or tw.
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of hꜣ
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with influence from the
writing of the verb hꜣj
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Verb
h-A-D54
- perfective of hꜣj (“to descend”)
References
- James P Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 199.
