mdw

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Translingual

Symbol

mdw

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Mbosi.

See also

Egyptian

Etymology 1

From mdwj (“to speak”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

mddwA2

 m

  1. spoken word
  2. words, speech, things said
    sa
    r
    N31    		 D54mddwA2
     ― sꜥr mdw ― to convey (someone’s) words (+ n: to (a superior))
  3. words, text, things written
  4. command, order, instruction
  5. magic word, spell
  6. (law) plea
  7. used as a generic object for certain verbs such as wḏ (“to command”) and wḏꜥ (“to judge”)
Usage notes

This word was displaced by mdwt from Late Egyptian on, though in some cases the replacement may have been purely graphic.

Unlike most u-stems, the noun-forming suffix -w was usually written in mdw.

Inflection
Declension of mdw (masculine u-stem)
singular mdw
dual mdwj
plural mdw
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mdw  
mddw
mdw
md
mdmdmd
mdd
mdmdw
mmddw
mdZ1
Z2ss
mdd
t y
mdw mdw mdw mdw mdw mdw mdw mdw mdwtj
uncommon uncommon uncommon

The word may be written without determinatives, or with any of the following:

Determinatives used with mdw  
Y1
A2
A2Z3
Y1
Z2
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Demotic: mdt, md

Etymology 2

Noun

mdZ1
xt

 m

  1. staff, rod
  2. staff as a weapon
  3. staff as a kind of scepter, staff of authority, baton; also given as a grave good
  4. sacred staff with the head of a god, revered as a symbol of a particular god or nome
  5. used in various titles: custodian, attendant, maintainer
Inflection
Declension of mdw (masculine)
singular mdw
dual mdwwj
plural mdww
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mdw  
md
mdZ1
mdmd
mdmd
mdw
mdw mdw mdw mdw mdw
uncommon uncommon uncommon
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mdw  
mdZ1
xt
mdwxt
mdZ1A40
mdt
Z1		 xt
mdZ1
H13
mD
xt
mdw mdw mdw mtw mdw mḏ
uncommon in hieratic uncommon
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 36, 58
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