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Egyptian
Etymology
jꜣd (“to suffer”) + -w.
Pronunciation
Noun
m
- pestilence, plague, epidemic
Inflection
Declension of jꜣdw (masculine)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jꜣdw
Derived terms
Noun
m
- Alternative form of jdw (“young man”)
Inflection
Declension of jꜣdw (masculine)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jꜣdw
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 99.
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, pages 9, 35
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 152.13–152.15
- Lesko, Leonard, Lesko, Barbara (2002) A Dictionary of Late Egyptian, second edition, volume 15, Providence: B.C. Scribe Publications, →ISBN