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Egyptian
Etymology
wꜣḥ (“to be lasting, to endure”) + jb (“heart”), thus literally ‘to be lasting of heart’.
Pronunciation
Verb
compound
- to be forbearing or patient
- (with r) to be friendly or kindly toward
- (catenative, with r and following infinitive) to be inclined to do
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wꜣḥ jb
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 256.14–256.19
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 54
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 458.
