hieroglyf
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Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
hieroglyf m inan
- hieroglyph (element of an ideographic writing system)
Declension
Declension of hieroglyf (hard masculine inanimate)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hieroglyf | hieroglyfy |
| genitive | hieroglyfu | hieroglyfů |
| dative | hieroglyfu | hieroglyfům |
| accusative | hieroglyf | hieroglyfy |
| vocative | hieroglyfe | hieroglyfy |
| locative | hieroglyfu | hieroglyfech |
| instrumental | hieroglyfem | hieroglyfy |
Danish
Etymology
From French hiéroglyphe, backformation from the adjective hiéroglyphique, via Latin hieroglyphicus from Ancient Greek ἱερογλυφικός (hierogluphikós), from ἱερός (hierós, “holy”) + γλυφή (gluphḗ, “to carving”) + -ικός (-ikós).
Pronunciation
Noun
hieroglyf c (singular definite hieroglyffen, plural indefinite hieroglyffer)
- a hieroglyph (Ancient Egyptian writing system and similar writing systems in Antiquity)
- a scribble (difficult handwriting)
Declension
Declension of hieroglyf
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | hieroglyf | hieroglyffen | hieroglyffer | hieroglyfferne |
| genitive | hieroglyfs | hieroglyffens | hieroglyffers | hieroglyffernes |
References
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἱερογλυφικός (hierogluphikós).
Noun
hieroglyf m (definite singular hieroglyfen, indefinite plural hieroglyfer, definite plural hieroglyfene)
- a hieroglyph (also hieroglyphics in plural form)
References
- “hieroglyf” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἱερογλυφικός (hierogluphikós).
Noun
hieroglyf m (definite singular hieroglyfen, indefinite plural hieroglyfar, definite plural hieroglyfane)
- a hieroglyph (also hieroglyphics in plural form)
References
- “hieroglyf” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Noun
hieroglyf c
- hieroglyph (element)
Declension
Declension of hieroglyf