jtrw

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Egyptian

FWOTD – 30 March 2015

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

Noun

it
r		 wmw

 m

  1. river
  2. The Nile River.
    Synonym: ḥꜥpj

Inflection

Declension of jtrw (masculine)
singular jtrw
dual jtrwwj
plural jtrww

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jtrw  
it
r		 wN36
it
r		 wN37
Z2
it
r		 WN36
N23 Z1
it
r		 N36
it
r		 iimwN36
N23
it W
r		 mwN36
N23 Z1
it
r		 N36
N35B
it
r		 E23N36
N21 Z1
jtrw jtrw jtrw jtr jtry jtrw jtr jtrw

Derived terms

Descendants

Noun

it
r		 wmwN36
N21 Z1

 m

  1. a schene, a measure of length equivalent to 20,000 mḥw (“cubits”) (about 10.5 kilometres or 6.5 miles).
    • c. 1401 BCE, Amduat of Amenhotep II (tomb of Amenhotep II, KV35) First Hour, introduction, right parallel, line 10, upper and lower divisions:
      itrwSV1V20V20p Hr
      D54 t      		 a
      r
      r      		 t t
      n      		 Ba16aSPACESPACEnsp
      r      		 t
      D54      		 P3dwAtywprA40
      N33A
      št-mḏwtj jtrw ⟨pḥrt ꜥrr(w)t tn⟩ n(j) sprt wjꜣ dwꜣtjw
      Running to this gateway takes a hundred and twenty schenes before the barque reaches the afterworlders.

Inflection

Declension of jtrw (masculine)
singular jtrw
dual jtrwwj
plural jtrww

References

  1. ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 47
  2. ^ “Iaruʾu”, in The Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period‎, (Can we date this quote?)
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