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Egyptian
Pronunciation
Noun
m
- root (of a plant)
- (by extension) the place where a body part is attached, such as the root of a tooth or the socket of an eye
Inflection
Declension of wꜣb (masculine)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wꜣb
Synonyms
In the sense of ‘root’:
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 250.9–250.11
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 53
